Oh how the best laid plans often fail. Or more likely something comes along and messes everything up.Several years ago, I came home one day and Lisa had started pulling the carpet up in the living room. It was no big surprise. The carpet was old and it did look bad. So I helped her. No problem when ...

Growing up as a child in the 1970s, one of my most dreaded experiences was going to my grandparent’s home. My dad’s mother and father died while I was really young so my memories of them are rare, but my mother’s parents lived into their 80s, so that is the set I’m most familiar with.When you first ...

One of the challenges of my sixties has been sleeping throughout the night in a restful sleepan atrocity I could not imagine in my younger adulthood. My normal sleep routine is to snooze about 4-5 hours then wake up and cat nap from then until the official ‘getting up’ time. It makes for misery. I s...

The Sears Christmas Wish Book and JC Penney Christmas catalog were once front and center for every kid in America. I was one of those kids. I had lear...

There are several things that I have strong convictions about: My faith in Jesus Christ is paramount, the Bible being the infallible, inerrant Word of...

Veterans Day is dedicated to honoring those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. It is a time to reflect on the contributions of those w...