Blog 117: Merry and Happy
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas Jeny and I extend our very best to you. This has been a tough year for us, but the prayers and good tidings by many of you made a bad year into a good year. Read more…
Blog 116: Tornados
Tornados. My heart is aching for the victims of the recent tornadoes. If you have never directly observed the destruction of a Fujita 5 tornado, you would have a hard time imagining the destruction. The summer of 1966 we had Read more…
Blog 115: My Birthday, My Education, More Good News
Glad to have another one. Today is my 79th birthday. Four years ago, I was in ICU unable to move my left side. The first rule to remember in the ICU—you have no privacy. The night of my 75th birthday, Read more…
Blog 114: Good News and a Do-over
Lights. We have now entered Hanukkah and Advent. Both celebrations involve the lighting of candles. Whichever season you are celebrating, I pray your light will brightly shine. Great News. In March, Jeny started her journey with an endometrial cancer diagnosis. Read more…
Blog 113: Happy Thanksgiving
Some people want to eliminate Thanksgiving as a national holiday. They prefer a day of atonement for the mistreatment of indigenous people. In grade school, I was taught about The Mayflower and the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth rock. Jeny had Read more…
Blog 112: Remember the Alamo?
My blog did not go out last week. The failure was a growth experience. My lesson started in a church study group held on Wednesday evening. We are currently sharing an excellent book by Jen Wilkin, “Ten Words to Live Read more…
Blog 111; Controversy, Good News, Great News
Critical Race Theory. Critical race theory is a very controversial topic. Some people are passionately for and others are passionately against. When asked about why they care so much, very few people have first-hand knowledge of the topic on which Read more…
Blog 110: New Awareness
I like to gain new knowledge and I did this week. My understanding and perspective of my world expanded. Believe it or not, the process began in the produce section of my local grocery store. I have developed a love Read more…
Blog 109: A Lesson, Tears of Joy
Lesson from the Past. Dr. Don Levinthal was chairman of the Psychology Department when I attended Washburn University in the early 1960’s. In one of his lectures, he told a story of the power of conditioning attitudes. The story left Read more…
Blob 108: Positivity, Memories, Happiness
Operator error last week. I failed to post this blog on time. Sorry. Positive Stories. Last week, I easily saw several stories that give me hope. I did not have to look far; the first was from a few miles Read more…