Sharpening the Axe
 I like this :  “If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my axe”   —Abraham Lincoln   I want 2012 to be a milestone of change and it starts now… here… with me “getting my house in order.” So, I am intentionally honing at the first of 2012 in a...
Needing to Breathe
Hello friends, I just received word from the Silverburgs that baby Jonah is having difficulties breathing. Here is their update: Dear Praying Family,   Thank you again so very much for your faithful prayers on this long and difficult journey.  Jonah could not breathe sufficiently on...
Crashed and Turned
Some of you will have already heard about this, but since today is the anniversary date of a major life-altering event, I decided to reblog it. September 17, 1987 is a special date on the calendar for me. You see, it was 22 years ago today that my life took a major hit. While driving our Kawasaki 550...
Shadows Along the Way
I ponder about the depression that so oft’ besets the person with chronic pain. It is a darkness that seems consuming … inescapable … threatening to swallow us up in its blackness of uncaring loneliness. To be in the shadows is to have all the joy sucked out of every aspect of my life....