Helping Hands – Willing Souls
Last night I joined a group of more than 40 volunteers gathered together on a warm, muggy evening ready and willing to roll up their sleeves and get to work. The plan was a rather simple one, but as simple as it may have appeared, it took orchestration and desire beyond those individuals waiting patiently in the church parking lot to be assigned to families willing to let strangers in. The...
Read MoreFinding Joy . . . Once Again!
If you could go back to the carefree life of a child would you? Most likely not, but how many of us remember what it was like to not be encumbered by life’s problem allowing ourselves to have JOY, simple Joy? I believe there are many of you who feel that simple joy is completely out of reach in the life of an adult. I would beg to differ on this matter. Even though we have much of...
Read MoreThe School of Life – Lessons Learned
A few years ago I finally found something I had been in search of for over a decade. This prized possession was a school desk that happened to be over a hundred years old and had come from a one-room schoolhouse in the Midwest. I loved the nostalgic feeling it brought with it of children from so long ago spending countless hours within its confines learning lessons to take them to a brighter...
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