Month: December 2006

In the midst of seasonal celebrations, remember to reflect on the birth of the Promised One as the mother of Jesus did. “But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart,” Luke 2:19 (NIV). Ponder the startling appearance of an angel one day to a young woman and calling her highly…

As children, my younger sister and I loved the look of confusion and astonishment in new friends’ faces when we announced we were born in the same year. The fact that I was born early in January and she late in December never deterred us from enjoying our small claim to fame. We enjoyed every…

My daughter disavows ever dressing her newborn son just for picture taking … but once she puts him in a pair overalls for newborns, pulls on a holiday outfit or tucks him into one of his blankets, “He is so cute I have to take his picture. He is adorable,” she says. Especially now that…

Today, for the first time in 90 years Union County opens the business week without a Dr. Barrow on the roster of dentists serving the area. Friday, Dr. Don Barrow closed his office, thus ending his 48 years of service to the area – a practice he bought from his father in 1961. I noticed…