Yesterday, I had a personal victory! This weekend was probably one of the busiest weekends our family has ever had in regard to hosting. We had 3 groups of different people in our home in less than 24 hours. If you know me like my family does, you might be able to...
This blog is dedicated to all the people out there who think there is only one way to do something, or for those who live with someone who thinks like this. There is more than one way to skin a cat. A disgusting proverb, for sure. But, its meaning is profound: there...
Why is it so incredibly difficult to let people around us change? Right now, our house has a 13 month old who is trying to get the courage to walk on her own. Everybody gets excited when babies begin to change and grow, even when they fall down. But, for some reason,...
Trooper Carrie was on duty moving with traffic. From behind her a motorhome flew by and then immediately cut her off. “Did they really just almost hit my patrol car?! Oh my word! How brazen is that! They are soooo getting a ticket.” Lights on. Radio...
[blockquote cite=”Psalm 104:29″]When you hide your face, they are dismayed[/blockquote] [line] My 8th grade son, Caleb, was telling me about a small conflict at school, and he mentioned that his teacher wouldn’t look him in the eye. I wonder if that...
The second question in my current Bible Study was a doozy: “Why do we hesitate to push through to freedom and abundant life?” (1) What a loaded question! After thinking a bit, I jotted down: because life hurts, because we are broken, because it is so easy...
Maria, who loved both her divorced parents, was talking with her mother about trying to build a relationship with her father. When his previous actions that led to the divorce came up, her mom said, “It’s not something you can just forget.” Maria...
My husband often says, “Stupid is easy.” Yes, it is easy to choose the wrong way of acting and oh, so very hard to choose the “higher road.” Another thing that is easy: To judge another person’s actions or motivations. It takes a strong...
Everybody needs a midwife. When I decided to have my third child at home, choosing a midwife was a very important task. And, after my experience of giving birth to Anna, I am convinced that everybody needs to have a midwife, pregnant or not. I’m not one of those...
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In Judaism, there is a blessing for everything. For just having eaten a meal, for rising in the morning, for seeing a rainbow, for putting on new clothing, for studying the Bible, for seeing a head of state. You name it, there’s probably a blessing for it. There...
Sometimes I feel frustrated about feeling frustrated. Mostly because its hard to figure out exactly what makes me feel frustrated. Frustration seems like sometimes is comes out of nowhere, and then, you’ve got all these feelings to deal with on top of the...
Part of my job is software training. One of the products I train is map building software. Here’s how it works: Someone places an emergency call (9-1-1) to a police department. The software grabs the caller’s location and plots it on a map. Easy enough....
It was John’s first year as a state trooper. He came up behind an older white Honda sedan with two male occupants. The front windshield was broken badly, violating state law. He turned on the lights to make the stop, and the car started to slow. As it did, the...
This following story goes way back, when ambulance drivers and funeral homes drivers were the same thing. I’m glad they finally stopped that practice. It kind of seems like a conflict of interest to combine the roles of medic and hearse driver. It was drizzling....
For the past nine months, I have been physically cooperating with God in bringing a new life into this world. Pretty soon, I will get to see, hold and take care of this new little one. In like manner, for the past fourteen months or so, I have been cooperating with...
If you’ve ever travelled with kids… and you have JUST passed a rest area only to hear somewhere in the back that little voice ring out, “I have to go to the bathroom. Really bad!” … You should be able to sympathize with this story. It was a trip for...
My son turned 13 last week. That’s a big deal in our house. Yes, we now have a teenager in the house, but the bigger deal is that we have “a man in training” walking around. He looks like the same kid he was a couple of weeks ago, but he will never...
I’ve noticed that sometimes when we are going through a rough spot, God provides a friend who is also struggling or has struggled in the same area, maybe to help us sort things out. During a chat with one such friend, she shared that she just couldn’t...
In the “She kicked over my bucket” blog, I mentioned a few times that I “let” my friend do some unkind things to me. At the time, I never would have admitted that I had had any responsibility in what had happened to me in the aftermath...
If you are a sworn officer, you’ve probably pulled someone over at least once. A trooper once shared with me that he had pulled over motorcycle rider on a stretch of road. Since the road was a little narrow, both the driver and trooper stepped over the guardrail...
When you’re going through a rough time, someone is bound to quote, “Time heals all wounds.” I guess the truth of that depends upon what kind of a wound you have. If its one that has been cleaned out and properly taken care of during the healing...
[line] I love great stories. I’m fascinated when life seems stranger than fiction. All the stories I intend to relate to you in this blog are true. To the best of my effort, the details are accurate. They have been shared with me from police officers, sheriffs,...
[blockquote cite=”Tom Rath & Donald O. Clifton” type=”left, center, right”]Spiraling downward isn’t hard to do when your bucket is being emptied.[/blockquote] Looking back, I realize now that I spent more than a year spiraling...
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