I’m leaving the country

Yep, it’s true.  I can’t take it any more.  I’ve had enough, and I’m taking action to change my situation.  Please, allow me to clarify: I’m not leaving because: the Ravens won the SuperBowl the snow falls in central PA while my southern boys practice baseball of the gun-control debate Read more…

she’s always up for a challenge

I love my daughter’s attitude.  Josie is a never-say-die, face-it-with-a-smile, too-early-to-quit kind of young lady.  No matter what the game is, she’s in it til it’s over.  Settlers of Catan, Disney Dance Party 3, hide & seek in the dark & snowy backyard, knockout with kids at the YMCA…the game Read more…

never give up

Life will be difficult.  Some days it will feel like it’s much easier to quit than it is to push through. When you know what you’re called to do, it’s always too early to quit.  

stopping to start

margin…no, not the edges of your page that you subtly increase in order to magically lengthen the content of your Literature essay.  But similar. I’m talking about the edges of your life, the white spaces, the unused, latent portions of your schedule.  Much like the margins in your math notebook, Read more…

lessons from Levi

Every Thursday night I pick up Levi from his shift at the Chick-Fil-A (man, that would be like my high school dream job!)  While I’m not always wild about driving across town at 11pm, I’ve come to love the opportunity to talk with Levi, to learn what he’s learning, and Read more…

you don’t have it so bad

It’s been brutally cold here for the past couple of days. Night-time temps have been near 0 with the real feel hitting some negative numbers. That’s not normal for here, at least not for any extended period. The arctic blast has been front and center in all the news outlets, Read more…

i had me a moment

Today was an up & down kind of day.  We started with a 2 hour delay due to some beautiful fresh snow, which meant sleeping in, breakfast with the kids and some Bible reading.  It also meant I missed 2 meetings because I had to shovel the beautiful fresh snow Read more…