Hopeful Hearts

Have you ever cried? I mean really cried.  Hard core, loud, let-it-all-out, ugly kind of cry?  The kind where you think "I'm not going to cry until later" and then one little tear escapes out of the corner of your eye; the lump in your throat feels like a stuck...

iPad. iPod. iPhone. Mac. Dell. Thinkpad. Google. Yahoo!. Firefox. All this technology makes my head spin. But it also makes my vision blurry. Do your eyes ever get tired and burn with blurred vision from staring at a screen too long? If you think about it, our eyes...

It's morning. I can hit the snooze or get up now. I can eat a  donut or fix some protein-filled eggs. I can read my Bible or watch an episode on Netflix. I can get to work on time or be a "usual" 10 minutes late. I can lay out something for dinner or plan to swing...

Bill and Tom set out for another fishing adventure.  High hopes were in the air that the fish were biting this time.  These two had a reputation for returning home empty-handed from a day of fishing.  But it didn't stop them from days of laughter and celebration of...

Alarm buzzes.  Covers fly off.  Mind starts roaring. I don't know about you but every day this seems to be the routine for the day.  Why can I not stop thinking and stressing about what's coming next?  Are you like that? It's almost like I wake up and think "now what...

OUCH! The prick of a cactus can draw blood in one touch of those nasty, little, sharp edges.  They are dry and hard and prickly.   (I don't know if that's really a word but that's the word that comes to my mind.  Prickly.) On our recent trip to Arizona, we found these...

Five friends. A van. And a blindfold. What a great adventure that was!  Our friend was turning 50 and we took her on a scavenger hunt.  The first few stops were visible.  But the last one....blindfolded. Laughing and pulling the blindfold tight, we had a blast leading...