Last week, I was pulling up to a stop sign planning to stop behind it - as is the law - but I ended up having to stop about 20 feet short. As I approached, another car was cutting the turn rather tight and was actually in my lane. I had every right to pull up to that stop sign - but I chose to stop and wait....
Is there anything that you would change about yourself...? If you ask that question to most people, they might have a long list of things. We often measure ourselves by appearance, ability, success, possessions, or the opinions of others. And some of those things may be in our power to change - but many are not.
Have you ever found yourself feeling like you were just in way over your head? Recently I cut down a 40 foot tree that was 25 feet from my house. That could have gone wrong very quickly. And there have been MANY times when I realized things were just too big for me to handle by myself....
Last Sunday, once again, Benji and I headed to Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Once they got him set up in his room, I headed down to the cafeteria. As I sat there, I watched many different people walk by. A handful really stood out.
A few years back my father was having an angiogram. I was visiting with him at the hospital and we were talking about upcoming Father's Day plans. We were planning our traditional trip down to Lowell to see Erin's dad and then driving to DeMotte to see him. He said, "That really makes for a long day - when are ...
We live in a world that keeps adding the word "smart" to everything. - Smart phones. - Smart homes. - Smart cars. - Even smart appliances. And the assumption behind all of it is simple - we must be getting smarter. Not just in technology - but as people.
Years back, when Winston was significantly smaller than he is now, I was telling him goodnight and started tickling him. As he laughed uncontrollably, he pulled his knee up quickly and he caught me right in the eye. I yelled in pain and he immediately started apologizing, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!". Erin was in the...
This is a pencil. It's pretty simple and would probably be easy to make, right? First, the wood comes from special trees that need people to plant them, to water them, and to harvest them. Then you need loggers who cut the trees, the truck drivers who haul them, the workers who run the sawmill that slice the logs into thin wooden slats, ...
