Rainy Sundays

On the sun porch. The perfect work environment.

Mr. Rogers Fights for Kids

This isn’t about just defending PBS. It’s about a passion for children, and how we can really reach out to them. The song he highlights in here is so powerful.

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Park, Sleep and Fly

This year we made a brand new discovery. Park, Sleep and Fly packages. We had to leave our car for a month on our recent travels. For around $100 cheaper than staying at the airport parking area, we got a night in a hotel before our travels, a breakfast and a shuttle to and from…

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Extra Coins

We are winding down our month of living in Portugal. As with any trip to Europe, we’re doing all we can to use up those euro coins since they are awkward to hold on to and aren’t necessary back in the United States. I was mentioning this to a friend, and she had a great…

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Perspective on Limitations

“But just then, for that fraction of time, it seems as though all things are possible. You can look across the limitations of your own life, and see that they are really nothing. In that moment when time stops, it is as though you know you could undertake any venture, complete it and come back…

Thankful for Online Church Services

It’s my first Easter in a seriously long time where I can’t attend services at my home church (the one I attended before I moved). Today I’m in a hotel working before traveling again. Such a gift to celebrate Easter with my loved ones from my former home.

Inspired by Waves in Winter

A slideshow: And a 54-second video if you, like me, love the sound of waves. So mesmerizing.

Thankful for Sons Coming Home

Yay college breaks!!! Star and we approve.

Helpful Thoughts for Bad Days

My co-worker, Mark, posted this YouTube link in our work channel, and it’s brilliant. I’m posting it here so I can easily come back to it myself.

Inspiring Quote on Miracles

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the…

Thankful for Medical Professionals Who Care

Photo by Alex Proimos via Flickr, under Creative Commons License This week I was reminded once again of one of the tougher sides of parenting. It seems that just because a son is grown up and out in the world on their own, it doesn’t mean that you lose the instinct to nurture them when…

A Quilt With a Story

I hope that someday you get to meet Jan. At least have somebody like her in your existence. She is amazing. And I am very fortunate to have her in my life. I met Jan when I was a 16-year-old college freshman. She was 18. I don’t think you could find two more opposite people…

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