It was loud. It was close. It was frightening. And last summer while the grandchildren (and their parents) were here, we all heard it at the same time. It was obviously organic – from some kind of living being but it sounded like nothing we had ever heard before. The sound was a cross between […]
April 18, 1972 – 41 years ago today I faced life’s first curve ball. It was a Tuesday evening and I was in my freshman college dorm room getting ready to go to a Bible study. My roommate and hometown friend, Patti, got a phone call. She said very little, hung up the phone, and […]
It’s actually an acronym. R Adio Detection And Ranging RADAR systems use radio waves to determine the presence and location of certain objects. They are used today mostly to track aircraft, ships, and even weather. However, RADAR doesn’t have a long history. The technology was just coming into practical use by the military late into […]
Wednesday was tough. After almost a year of having the grandkids and their parents living with us, the book closed on that chapter of our lives when we put them all on a plane where they will spend the next three months traveling and working in Europe. After that, they plan to move back to […]
At the end of almost every school year my sons would bring home a sack full of miscellaneous art masterpieces, essays and worksheets that they had created throughout the year. I don’t know why the teachers sent these treasures home on the last day instead of during the year, but most of the time they […]
The first TV Dennis and I ever bought in early marriage was really state-of-the-art at the time. It was color, had an on-and-off button instead of a knob, and it weighed a ton. No remote control, of course. We changed the channels by getting up, walking to the set and turning the dial to the […]
They’re loud and demanding and messy. I AM NOT talking about my grandchildren. I’m talking about seagulls. Last week we were on the Gulf Coast of Florida taking a few days of R & R before we were to lead a choir retreat nearby. We spent a couple of days just sitting on the beach […]
Ladies and Gentlemen…children of all ages…. We went to the circus Saturday – THE circus – Ringling Brothers/Barnum and Bailey Circus at the arena in Nashville. It was truly the “Greatest Show On Earth”, at least by my standards. The grandkids seemed to be appropriately entertained. But it was we, the four adults, who were […]
Yesterday, my 4-year-old granddaughter pulled me close and whispered, “Nana, I love God”. It truly warmed my heart to hear her say it. And then she added, “Both of ‘em”. I was a little confused. “What do you mean by ‘both of ‘em’? There’s only one God.” She answered, “You know, God and Jesus”. Oh. […]
When I was in school, especially in the upper grades, we learned how to write letters. I remember practicing writing different kinds of letters, formal and informal, noting where the heading, the date, the address, the body, the salutation, and the signature went on the page. Unfortunately, the use of written letters, stamped and sent […]