I don’t want to touch any new machines unless I have to. Today, I had to learn how to use the scanner. Usually I ask Mike or my kids to do it for me when I need to scan something. Today I had to scan 15 pages, and didn’t want to bother them with it. […]
One way to give the gift of time is calling someone on the phone. If you don’t have time to drive somewhere and meet someone, calling them on the phone is a great gift of time. Isn’t it nice when a friend calls you just to say hi? There is no agenda, no motive, simply […]
“The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.” When I was young, I didn’t think this was true. I had no concept of time’s limit. When I was young, I thought I had all the time in the world. As I get older, I realize more than half my life is gone. I […]
When and how do you pray? In the car? On the bed? Before a meal? Do you ever take a concentrated time and pray on your knees? I am going to do that. Imagine if one of my children wants to ask me for a huge favor, something very serious and urgent. Does she just […]
Whether you can or want to do something are completely different things. I CAN clean the house if I WANT to. I am certainly able to. I was thinking about this because I thought I am not good at keeping the house clean. That is not true. It is not a difficult task to clean […]
Buzz Lightyear ride was cool, but is the scoring really accurate? Half the time I couldn’t see my dot on the target. Walnut High School marching band was awesome! They played Zippadeedooda all the way down Main Street. Is that how you spell it?? The food at the Plaza was not bad, not as bad […]
Disneyland 2006 Originally uploaded by miketklee. Even without my caption you know this is Disneyland. Mike, Amy and I spent the whole day there, 13 hours to be exact. We go once a year on the day when Audrey is there with the Walnut High School band. I will blog more about this later.
You probably love your spouse very much, but he/she may not feel that you do. The book describes five different ways in which people express and receive love; acts of service, quality time, words of affirmation, physical touch, or gifts. The key is to discover your spouse’s love language and learn how to effectively express […]
Elliot’s post made me laugh! An experience of a bad stomachache caused the proverbial “his whole life flashed before him.” It made me also consider my life. Life is good. I do enjoy living. Life will even be better when I cross over to the other side of eternal living – heaven. If I had […]
The most wasted of all days is that during which one has not laughed. – Nicolas De Chamfort –
Audrey passed her permit test and started her driving lessons this past weekend. The instructor said she is very calm. She may be calm, but I sure am not! She drove me to church yesterday. My back and neck ached from the tension when I got there! “Can I drive home from church, mom?” “Over […]
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him! isaiah 30:18 The Lord is ready, willing, and able to bless you. All we have to do is wait for Him.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House series of books, was born in 1867. Imagine her life as a pioneer, traveling in covered wagons across prairies, living in log cabins, and teaching in a tiny schoolhouse at the age of fifteen. Laura died in 1957 a the age of 90. The last years of […]