A blog about faith and fighting leukemia.
Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren.” ~Proverbs 13:22 (NLT) Around the time I married in 2002, I moved to the small town of Berea, Kentucky. I had recently returned to the Christian faith, and I was like a…
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Experience is the best teacher, so they say. I would add the caveat that “evaluated” experience is the best teacher. If we don’t take the time to evaluate what has happened to us, we often miss the lesson. Photo by…
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There aren’t many benefits to insomnia. I experience it occasionally due to the medication I take. Ambien helps, but I try not to take it every night since I get up at 5 am for work. There has been one…
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I’ve had ample time to think over the last fifteen months. Hours spent alone in the hospital have provided the opportunity to ponder life’s many questions. Today, my hour-long commute does the same when I’m not listening to a podcast. …
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It’s 5 am and time to start the day again. He rolls out of bed and wipes the sleep from his eyes. Groggily he shuffles to the bathroom to brush his teeth and a sense of dread comes over him…
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When I was ten years old, I had a company’s worth (about 100) of GI Joe action figures. I had taken over my Granny Blessing’s living room with a six-foot long toy aircraft carrier. Her house was a frequent battleground…
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