I was hugged today by a big giant sweaty guy! Does that sound weird? It was to me. I was at the gym, with Starla working out. I was getting ready to use a certain weight machine, when I noticed a cell phone that had fallen underneath the machine. I […]

When I was an early teenager, my brothers and I were swimming in the creek down at my grandparents’ home on the farm in East Texas. We came to a place in the creek where it was a little deeper and looked a little spooky. My younger brother didn’t want […]

Don’t give up! How many times have you felt like giving up lately? Have you given up on a project at the house? Or at work? Or at school? Have you given up on losing weight? Getting back in the gym? Have you given up on making new friends? Starting […]

I recently switched from a PC to a Mac. Even though there are many similarities, there are enough differences that I have to learn and unlearn certain features in order to function. Even just simple things make a big difference. The minimize and exit features are on the left rather […]

In 1979 a large passenger jet with 257 people on board left New Zealand for a sightseeing flight to Antarctica and back. Unknown to the pilots, however, someone had modified the flight coordinates by a mere two degrees. This error placed the aircraft 28 miles to the east of where […]

There was a family who had a pet bird. All day long that bird would sing. It brought joy and happiness to the family as it sang. One day the mother was vacuuming the house and decided to vacuum the bird cage. As she placed the hose into the cage, […]

Have you ever tried to open a simple package of chips, crackers, peanuts or trail mix? If you don’t tear the package at the right spot, it becomes increasingly difficult to open. But ordinarily, there is a mark on each package that says “open here” or “tear here.” It’s all […]

Have you ever shared something with someone and they replied, “I know what you’re going through.” You understand that they are trying to be comforting, but you know that they actually, have no idea what you are going through. Only someone who has gone through what you have, could possibly […]

I received a letter from a lady in our church recently. She told me the story of how she had been informed that her company was letting her go, and she was given a termination date. She went back to her desk with several emotions swirling all at once. She […]