Life Lessons

I suppose that many parents accidentally pass on less than idyllic behavioral traits to their children. Just look at the Royal Family of Great Britain for an example of how to screw up with the best of intentions. Anyway, we were certainly not royals, even though we still refer to “Mother” while doing the Queen’s…

I was in 4th or 5th grade the first time someone told me this, and it was Linda Rogas’s mother. She said emphatically that everyone was sent into this world with a purpose and a talent. Why did I never hear that in my home, in Church, or my Sunday School classes? That was the…

While each of us is expected to support him or herself in some way, not everyone is designed to be employed. It seems every entrepreneur I’ve ever known or worked for has been someone who simply couldn’t last long in someone else’s employ. For the most part, these are people with serious skills and creative…

I have so many “Dad” stories that it makes for a terrible imbalance. While he was out saving the world and earning piles of citations, medals, and ribbons, Mother was sacrificing her life and desires in support of his career. She never CALLED it a sacrifice. This was expected in her generation. Nevertheless, all of…

Last night, I joined a couple of friends for a New Year’s Eve Dinner. They wanted me to invite a gentleman friend to make it a foursome, but that proved problematic for me. It’s not that I’m running away or hiding from “romance.” It’s just that I’m not desperately seeking it, and I don’t like…

December 26, 2023 There is so much I could write about at Christmas. We all have vibrant memories associated with this time. Unfortunately, although I have been experiencing many inspirational thoughts and memories, I was racing against the calendar and clock to finish a major knitting project I had undertaken for Christmas. To be honest,…

We often hear people claiming to be “winning over” someone to Christ, some random idea, or just winning over someone’s heart to be a lover, or for personal acceptance. There are many reasons a person might want to win over someone, but is that always best? Something I have learned is that when you stretch…

Let me preface this wandering commentary with the following. My beliefs are fluid. In my ignorance and searching, I have tried on many ideas, some with brand names and some of my own divining. Over time they have become both more and less defined, depending on the facet of discussion. Sometime after Cloyde’s death, a…

Note: This is NOT my composition, but something I received as an email in January 2022, written by a 21-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I copied and pasted it without edits. This is not the first time I have seen most of this information, but it reiterates what I have seen and…

I could write an essay titled “Oblivious” once a month. Its definition is, after all, “not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.” I could spend plenty of time castigating others who don’t seem to know what I know for being oblivious of current political, health, cultural, or other trends. Conversely,…