Brooks and Dunn sum it up about how men today work in their song – Hard Workin’ Man. While the man they describe wears a hard hat and is proficient at many labor intense tasks, he’s also use to just getting by financially…in fact, he’s pretty good at it. I guess you could call him […]
You’ve probably heard the hotel/inn commercial saying “We’ll leave the lights on for you.” It’s a cute little saying that has stuck with many of us these past few years. There’s a story about an innkeeper and his wife who ran a Mom and Pop business. It was full the night a desperate couple came […]
Amy Grant sang a song some time ago entitled “My Father’s Eyes.” She says she may “not be every mother’s dream of her little girl” and that her “face may not grace the mind of everyone in the world.” She continues by saying that she hopes, when people look inside her life, she hears […]
Many grandparents have heard with excitement the words “We’re going to have a baby.” It’s a time of anticipation and joy for most. As a parent ourselves, it is often associated with our newlywed child and spouse and the two love birds having decided to start a family of their own. The delight of sharing […]
I had three things to accomplish at 11:00 yesterday. One was to show up with my violin – “Old Blackie” – and play a song for the children in my pen pal class. I had practiced for awhile the night before. After all, it had been 35 years since I played and I was a […]