There are several characteristics about our church that remind me of some of my earliest church memories. If memory serves correctly, the demographics are probably similar. It was a smaller church and you knew that the people really loved each other ( Read more... )

i guess I was spoiled as a child. Of course, I didn't realize it at the time - but who does when they're in the middle of being spoiled? Every Thanksgiving, my Grandpa would buy tickets to the Hadi Shrine Circus. I didn't realize how special that was until I experienced other circuses. I had always assumed they were just like the ones I had ( Read more... )

I'm revisiting a post from last year because - well, it received some good responses and I just let the conversation die because school was starting back up and I was just a slacker blogger. Not saying I'm not now - I still haven't posted all of my Christmas pictures, and I still haven't posted my Top Ten List for 2007. Maybe I'll get that done ( Read more... )

After yesterday's service, we took a little road trip to Marion.  Came home with a second car.  It just followed us home like it was a stray or something so we decided to keep it.

Some friends in Tennessee said they want to give us their van, but it won't be able to happen until October.  Until then, this car will serve its purpose in getting me ( Read more... )

One of my favorite games as a child was Candy Land.  You know the game - you’re a gingerbread boy or gingerbread girl.  Your objective is to navigate a colored pathway while surviving treacherous obstacles like the Molasses Swamp and Gumdrop Mountain.  With each card I would draw, the game would become more intense for me.

Every time ( Read more... )

There are only two things people talk about on Groundhog Day: the weather (for about five minutes), and then that movie with Bill Murray (for the rest of the day).  I don't really pay much attention to all the talk because (1) it's a silly tradition, and (2) I really didn't like the movie all that much.  It was just...annoying.

Last night, however, ( Read more... )

It's crazy how we remember odd things about other people. Sometimes you can be identified by your past quirks for the rest of your life - even if you don't do it anymore ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about childhood friends a lot recently.

I'm sure some of it has to do with Aiden's first day of school today. There are other reasons, too. Last night, I watched part of the baseball All Star Game (stupid National League choked!). It was the first time I had watched the game since 1989 when Bo Jackson hit a lead-off home run ( Read more... )