Category Archives: Family Life

Lost And Found

Like most journeys this started with a dream. As a short backstory to this message let me tell you where my mind has been the past 20 years but has increased in ferocity the past couple of years culminating in 2020.  Millions of Americans are

Dark Winter Ahead

A “dark winter” was a Joe Biden utterance describing what he foresees as America’s future during the last Presidential Debate will prove to be the most prophetic and honest utterance he made during his campaign; not that there were many. At this point in the

Election Night

2016 I held my nose and voted for Donald Trump. I was not convinced that he was a conservative and thought him more of just another democrat in red or drag if you will. What he would have been like had the Clinton Democrats not

The Bible, Evolution and Me

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that. Harper Lee Many of you will see the first two words of the heading and pass

Thanksgiving Thoughts

Along with pies, potatoes, turkey and stuffing (myself included) Thanksgiving for me is a day that I find to be increasingly introspective.  As we get older our focus changes along with our eyesight and the things that made Thanksgiving a special day when age 7 can not

The World Turned Upside Down

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela One of the myths that surround our Nations founding was that the

Faith

 “It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary,

Tale of Two Signs

  In my travels around Huntingdon Valley, Pa I have noticed that after the election of Donald Trump signs started to appear on some lawns.  It’s main message states “Hate Has No Home Here”.  Underneath that statement are several sentences written in different languages and

Summer of Love and Loss

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”  Dr. Seuss Labor day approaches which means that summer is ending.  It has been a bittersweet summer for me and has moved far quicker than I wished but it was bound to happen.  The sweetness of

Winter is Coming

    Another year has passed and we once again celebrated the acknowledged birth date of this Nation.  There are many different dates and occurrences that could be considered but the Fourth of July was chosen, so be it.  Every year that passes we are