My sis, Amy, forwarded this to me. I love it. The last time this was forwarded to my email was about 7 years ago and I didn’t have a blog then. Today I thot, i know just what I’ll do with this. Ah the joys….
*If You Get Caught Sleeping at Your Desk*
1. They told […]

By ANN PEPPER, The Orange County Register
(excerpts)

“Polls from organizations such as CNN and Time found that while 36 percent of all Americans believe the Bible is God’s word and should be taken literally, even more—59 percent—say they believe that events predicted in the Book of Revelation will come to pass, and nearly one in five […]

Evan (Welsh) – Young warrior.
Welsh form of the Hebrew John, meaning God has been gracious, or God has shown favor.

Ella (Old German) – Elf / fairy like (English) -Beautiful fairy woman

Emmer (Original, with German roots) –Guardian. Brave, courageous, with virtue.

…I dedicate all the laughter and good memories to the honor of my 5 wonderful siblings and all my missionary-kid friends from the Family International.  –In celebration of our uniqueness, our inter-continental education, our multi-cultural make-up, and our global vision.
Cheers!
 

All the best things in life come packaged in a ribbon of risk. You untie the gift, you assume the risk, and equally, the joy. Parenthood is like that. Marriage is like that. Friendship is like that. In order to experience life in the full sense, you expose yourself to a bottomless pit of vulnerability. […]

1 Corinthians 13 for Today

Adapted from Maria Fontaine by Josie Clark

1. Though I can speak five languages and talk intelligently on dozens of subjects, if I don’t have enough love to keep from gossiping or putting down others, I’m not just making so much useless noise, I’m being downright destructive.
2. And though I read the […]

…off coffee.
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I read an interesting compilation of news articles on the subject of sleep. These articles explained how sleep is directly linked to health, good performance, wits, weight maintenance and beauty.
Personally, I think that really explains a lot!
I learned that “sleep may well be the third essential component of a long and healthy life, up […]