He sat next to her in history class. In high school, folks. That is – by the way – a very long time ago. (Well, since they’re both rising college seniors, its at least a moderately long time ago.) They were at the same high school all four years, but somehow he didn’t really notice…
I stood in the middle of a barn, meeting a horse worth more than any car I will *ever* own and learning about what it takes to own a horse farm (while wiping sweat from my forehead and swatting flies away), and realized how blessed I am. Yes, blessed. (Despite the sweat and flies). I…
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness. And happy memories. And happy pictures. And – especially – happy places. You see, I have a lot of happy places. There’s the room in the mountains of Southern Virginia where I lived in for four months while recovering from pneumonia. There’s the rock on the shores…
The cocker spaniel was the first to notice I had arrived. The younger boys were still out back playing on their bikes, a couple of the kids were hanging out on computers, dad had just made it home from work and was inhaling Papa John’s pizza, and mom was scurrying back and forth making sure…
Just over a year ago, I was hanging out with Jimmy and Alisha on their wedding day. We were laughing, the bridesmaids were maybealittlebitstressing, Jimmy was beaming, and Alisha was giggling. But most importantly, they were vowing…they were getting married. And now look at them: they’ve had their one-year-anniversary, they’ve adopted a puppy (his name…
I’m around a lot of love. Engagements are full of love. Brides are full of love. Grooms are full of love. Weddings are full of love. But nothing — no, nothing — can surpass the joy in my heart when I see a mom and dad so.chock.full.of.love after whoknowshowmanyyears that they just can’t hold it…
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