Sunny Warmshine, I Miss You

I’m wondering today if life ever gets any easier.  Is it ever simple?  Is there ever a rest period?  Just what do you expect of me?  Is this lack of interest, this feeling of malaise, this tiredness, this lack of activity, this self questioning, this blah experience what my life is supposed to be? I [...]

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Wise Decisions …

A few days ago, Sophie, a medical missionary in Ethiopia, wrote these words in her blog: The particularly heart-breaking part of the day came when a mom with twin 4-month olds came.   But you need to hear the beginning of the story first.  2 weeks ago, a mom brought twin babies and asked if we [...]

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Something to make us all happy?

“Cause I just don’t have the words right now…. Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune Something to make us all happy Do anything take us out of this gloom Sing a song, play guitar Make it snappy You are the one who can make us all laugh But doing that you break out in [...]

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Headlines

Iran opens nuclear fuel facility Iran’s president has inaugurated the country’s first nuclear fuel production plant, making what correspondents say was a defiant speech. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cast doubt on Iranian claims of major progress. “We don’t know what to believe about the Iranian program,” she said at a news conference in [...]

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I just don’t know.

 Suicide. I can’t wrap my head around suicide. I just don’t understand why anyone would ever consider ending his own life. But, folks do it. My uncle J. P., when he was too old to work his farm, went outside, sat down and leaned back on an oak tree, and put a shotgun into his [...]

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