Month: June 2007
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one mother’s choice about drug abuse
The choices of drug addicted loved ones impact their families as a local couple learned after their smart, beautiful daughter began using drugs. They drug abuse came to the fore in the months after the girl’s favorite grandmother – who lived with the family – died during the girl’s senior year of high school. “The…
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Living the faith everyday
The sermon Sunday grabbed my attention. Not because the substitute preacher ranted and raved. No, all he did was speak simply of the struggle to live out his faith every day – including in the sports arena. Since it was Father’s Day, Mark Hardenbrook focused on fathers living their faith and love for God in…
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Happy is the bride with friends and family
Our second granddaughter’s wedding ceremony demonstrates the component of family sacrifice necessary for any couple to succeed in sharing their lives together. It began when a friend gave the bride an new formal gown with a chapel length train and the bride’s mother committed her time and talents to make seven gowns for the bridal…
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chump change
Money is money is what I say, honey. And, loose change is just as good as wadded up dollar bills or crisp tens. Okay, I admit, $10 worth of chump change weighs a lot more than to have a ten-dollar bill but, it is still worth $10. But the way some people react to $10…
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measuring time not handyman’s strength
My husband waved off the time required to re-build the deck at my daughter and son-in-love’s house, “We’ll have it done in a day.” He assured me I would be home Monday to tackle some long neglected odd jobs – all he had to do was take the boards off the old deck, plane them…