Tag: visit
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Visiting my Granddaughter
Today my oldest son Brandon drove his mother and I (and his girlfriend) to Indiana to visit our granddaughter Nevaeh. It was a good visit but I hate being on the road so now I need to decompress. She’s a beautiful little lady and so much fun.
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Feeling Loved
Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? Through big and small things I know my parents love me. My grandparents loved me too when they were alive. The rest of my family is also loving and I have a few truly good friends. So… it’s difficult to pick just one time…
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Portland, Oregon
Do you have a favorite place you have visited? Where is it? I lived in Portland for almost two years. I was going to a very expensive liberal arts college there. The city is beautiful and I loved going on long walks both day and night especially in the warm drizzle. I call it a…
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Naming Names
Who are your current most favorite people? I usually try to keep people’s names off my blog to protect the identities of the innocent, but this question makes that difficult. My wife Stephanie is my favorite person. After that comes my best friend Jim who hangs out with me at home and helps with the…
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Isolated but not Lonely
I have a lot of friends but they do not visit me. In their defense I don’t visit them either. I don’t drive so it’s not particularly practical to walk all over the city considering the responsibilities I have at this point in my life. So I go to Walgreens to feel connected to the…
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Cold Air
I looked at a map of high temperatures in the USA yesterday. Apparently everywhere but Wisconsin and Minnesota is having a heat wave. Yesterday temperatures here were in the mid 70s while the rest of the country had record highs. But you don’t need me to type about the weather other than to know when…
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Foster Sister
Growing up my parents took in a whole lot of kids. They came almost exclusively from deeply troubled homes. Some stayed with us for a day, or a month, and a few for several years. Of the forty or fifty foster siblings I have had in my life one stayed in regular contact with our…
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In Ten Years
The other day I read the question (probably here on WordPress), “Where do you expect to be in ten years?” I’ve been thinking about it and I just don’t know. I want more abundance and I want more comfort, but I want it to come to me where I am. If I’m still in this…