Vacation Motivation
Family Life
To Plan or not to Plan
Vacations serve many purposes, don’t they? Some people use them to escape daily drudgery. Others need a different environment to relax and unwind. Expanding horizons and experiencing different settings might be a third motivation for vacationers. In my mind, a vacation is for relaxing. I do find it easier to relax when the responsibilities of home …
Musings on Marriage
Marriage is meant to be the joining of two individuals into “one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). Unfortunately, there’s a lot of severing of body parts in the realm of marital bliss because many people don’t see it as a binding, lifetime contract. Or maybe our society’s idea of being faithful to your word is so diminished …
Moving Blues
My son has the right idea. He went away for the weekend and let others move him into his college apartment. Unfortunately, his dad and I got assigned the task of moving crew. Have I mentioned that I hate moving? Bad News I’m sure there is something that didn’t get loaded in the truck. Even …
Airport Again
Summer means vacation. This might mean a trip to the airport. Or two. Not twenty. This summer, I’ve been to the airport almost on a weekly basis. Actually, I believe I went twice one week. Wow! I must have been traveling all over the place. Sounds fun. Exciting or even adventurous. Wrong. I was little …
Bittersweet Birthdays
My baby boy was born at a few minutes after midnight twenty years ago. Just typing those words encouraged another gray hair to emerge – right in my part, of course! Remember when you were five? People would ask, “How old are you?” and you always said, “Five and a half” if it was the …
Life is Like a Dining Room Table
I freely admit I’m no Forrest Gump, but I must say that dragging a solid oak table and ten chairs in and out of the house a few times makes me think. And once you get a writer thinking – look out – an analogy is on the way. When reflecting on uses of this …