Some decisions in life require you to break out the ol’ “Pro’s and Con’s List.”   Should I take the new job or not?  Should we go organic?  Should I introduce the kids to Barney?? Sometimes, the pro’s and con’s of a decision are so neck-and-neck that a little nudge is all you need.  Allow me […] Read more…

“Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.  You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you.  Each man’s life is but a breath.”  Psalm 39:4-5 Make money, save money, and live as […] Read more…

There are some things that you just have to see to believe.  I imagine the man pulling a car by his nostrils is one of them.  Or perhaps a 3-year-old piano prodigy.  But if you witness something first hand, then you do know that it’s possible. Despite my own unbelief and skepticism at first, I […] Read more…

There they were, just sitting on the side of the road, deemed worthless by someone else.  But “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” right??  And you better believe that I definitely consider eight antique window frames to be treasure!!  You heard me right… someone had tossed out (like yesterday’s old cornbread!!) EIGHT beautiful, antique […] Read more…

The gift of children changes a person forever.  Your life is no longer your own, your heart learns to love to the point of bursting, and “servant” becomes your middle name.  🙂 I have two children at the moment.  My two boys, Rudy and Mark, are 3 ½ and 1 ½.   But in about seven […] Read more…