31 Days of Promise and Hope…..Day 19: The Grinch
A story is told of a furry green creature who was mistreated as a child. One Christmas, he was ridiculed for bringing a homemade quirky gift to school for the gift exchange. Children laughed at him and he became the center of all jokes. Yes, he was different and didn’t [...]
31 Days of Promise and Hope…..Day 18: Celebrate Christ
I wonder what Mary and Joseph were doing about this time 2000 or so years ago only 7 days before Jesus’ birth. It is somewhere around 80-90 miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem. This means that Mary and Joseph were doing one of two things. First, they were either packing their [...]
Singing Fish and Trout Ties
A singing fish whose tail flaps to the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” may have been the worst gift of all time. What at first seemed like a great idea flapped on the office wall, eventually moved to the garage, and then one day died in a large steel green [...]
31 Days of Promise and Hope…..Day 16: I Can’t Find a Parking Place!
Watch out! Hey, you took my place! I can’t believe that guy cut me off like that! Can you believe she took the last Kitchen Aid Mixer! I wanted the purple one to match my kitchen and she took it. Uggh! That was MY PARKING PLACE! I can’t believe there [...]
31 Days of Promise and Hope…..Day 15: Fruit Cake, Family Reunions, and Stress
A mass of people gathering in a room too small around a tiny camera balanced on several encyclopedias, families wearing matching tacky sweaters, and we can’t forget about the 9 pound fruitcake that no one eats. Maybe it’s the caroling around your neighborhood in below freezing conditions? Whatever it is, [...]
31 Days of Promise and Hope…..Day 14: Unassuming Accommodations
Unassuming accommodations. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. A stable? A manger? A feeding trough? Animals? Put me in charge and it would have been totally different. Mary and Joseph would have had a penthouse room at the Hilton. They would have had complimentary room service, an on call [...]