I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking about life, the universe, and everything lately. And since this is my forty-second year and that number is the answer to the question nobody knows, I’m in a bit of a quandary. Douglas Adams’ references always make me giggle. And fair warning, this blog post will be […]
Category: Life in General
Stuff I’ve written about life in general.
Didn’t go as planned
One of my favorite quotes about life is something I’ve posted a few times before. “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” ~John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy” I say that to myself every time things don’t go as planned. For instance, yesterday (or Friday, if you are reading this blog later […]
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Arms
It’s Pride month. Now, I don’t jump on the bandwagon of acceptance and mark everything I do up in rainbow flags and jump up and down. Nor do I publicly shame anyone who is anywhere on the alphabet that makes up the symbolic nature of Pride like some do. Neither one of those stances work […]
Celebrations
Let me start this blog by saying it is neither my birthday nor the other half and mine’s anniversary yet. But I have been thinking about celebrations lately, especially after listening to a dear friend give a sermon on birthdays, since last Sunday was Pentecost, which traditionally is the birthday of the Christian church. And […]
Rejoice with those who rejoice
Let me tell you a little story. I once celebrated an achievement of someone. I shared it with my circle of friends happily, making sure a wider circle got to hear about it. I was told by that someone that I had no achievements of my own, thus I had to make myself look better […]
The work is not yet done
Anyone who has spent any time reading anything that I have written knows that, while I am a church-going Christian, I don’t try to force my beliefs on others. I am a firm believer in living in faith, whatever that faith is for someone. But I also am a firm believer in hard work and […]
Graduations
It’s been 20 years since I walked across the stage of the newly constructed gymnasium in the new student center of a small Christian college in Southern California. It’s been twenty years since my name was called and my parents, adopted grandparents, and a few friends clapped. With a pin from the honor society on […]
Renew
It was a humid spring morning, the air still holding a great deal of moisture from the storms that had rolled through the night before. There were clouds on the horizon, ones that threatened to bring rain. But I was outside nevertheless. I had gotten new hiking shoes a few day prior and wanted to […]
Good Enough
Social media is one of the best tools I have to get the word out about my writings. I am fairly active in the writing communities of several social media platforms. While it is a blessing, it can also be a curse. Look at any feed and one will see that while there are a […]
Cast Out the Nets Again
Fishing is sometimes a futile activity. Time and time again, you cast out, hoping for a catch. But the bait disappears, or the line breaks, or nothing wants to bite. You wait and wait and wait and nothing appears, or the catches are too small, or not the right fish. All you have is wasted […]
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