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To Paris (with a little help from my friends) via a Greeting Card
In the late spring, early summer of 2012, my daughter, a member of the UVA-Wise Highland Cavalier Marching Band, is going to Paris. I am blown away by this and plan to give her all the financial help...
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When you curse at your nurse …
be prepared for the consequences. This isn’t about photography or trail shoots, but about life and the small world of medicine that we live and work in. It’s no secret who has the doc’s ear, who is...
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What can you do …
when you are trapped between that realm of normalcy and insanity? A tough question with no easy answer. After years of battling hours, days, even weeks of rapid cycling, I still have nothing to...
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If you are on welfare …
you are worthless. Worthless. How sad is it that, in a country where the poverty level is well above what it should be and people work as hard as they can but can’t feed their family are considered...
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Standing still as shattered pieces fall …
and cut me over and over is something that I know intimately, but I realized today that though I know it, I only know a little piece of it. I have tried to imagine, even while I know I cannot fathom...
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Encouragement …
is the word of the day. It is no secret to anyone who knows me or anyone who follows my blog that I am a follower of Jesus. I am thankful beyond words that He saw fit to redeem me, but not everyone I...
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Coughing, sneezing and I’m going to be sick …
seem to be the catchwords these days. There are, at any given time, several bugs going around that are contagious, HOWEVER, due to the unusually warm weather this winter season, the bugs (and not just...
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In order to gain my support from “Big Business” for worthy causes …
I have to sacrifice my own personal social media information and that of those that I choose interact with? What kind of racket is this? Businesses pretend to want to help spread news and articles of...
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The thing about money …
is that it is only really important when you need it but don’t have it. Most of us are working class people who know how to make a penny squirm. I know I do, and yet, there are times when I don’t have...
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It’s that time of year …
not for celebrations and parties. Not for get-togethers with good friends and people you may know. Not shopping for bargains and gifts, not meeting up to have a good time and not for having a nice...
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