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I had a reminder pop up in my email box today that changed my “outlook” for the entire day 🙂 … You see, a reminder came in today (not that i needed it) that a beloved second mom has a celebration of another trip around the sun comin’ up … I saw the reminder and… Read more

I had a close call yesterday … We took lil’bit to the zoo and was able to leave before they decided to keep me … Whew 😛 … Kiddin’ aside, or, maybe not, ‘cause a kid by my side was a big part of this one!  When someone says “Going to the Zoo” what would… Read more

When my beloved and i were out the other day she mentioned to me that there was a kit on sale that would dye my beard … I mentioned to her that i didn’t have a single gray hair when i met her and one of the other shoppers looked at me like i was… Read more

Startin off with a question here … How many of y’all think that thrift shops are ONLY for folks that can’t afford to go to “normal” stores ??? (no wrong answers here) … I’ll be honest, before beginning to work with our outreach folks at church, i know i did. But, come to find out,… Read more

As y’all have probably figured out i was blessed with not only the greatest dad on the planet but also two of the greatest grandfathers to walk the earth … Pappeye and Papa … And from a very young age i started getting a sense of love and wonder for history and story telling from… Read more

Yesterday we picked up a new toy for lil’bit … Actually, it was a toy that originally hit the stores when i was just a couple years older than he is now and my little bottom would have been in one of the OG spinners !!! That cool “old” new toy got me thinkin’ ‘bout… Read more

Bootin’ up my work computer got me thinkin today about just how many languages we deal with on a daily basis … Even in a house that’s “supposedly” a unilingual household !!!! … Let’s see, we speak english, some of our computers speak windows and linux, and let’s not forget our tablets and phones and… Read more

I was lacing up my new shoes today (for some reason my beloved started sending me memes of clowns after i ordered them, i’m not sure why 😀 ) the Spirit hit me with today’s devotion … So take a walk with me in my new red kicks as i take y’all on a trip… Read more

Ya know, back in the stone ages when we used to write on caves and communicate with smoke signals all of the phones had cords on them and wouldn’t go very far … Ummmm … Good thing that we’ve advanced to where we now have everything in the clouds and have these fancy wireless phones… Read more

Ya know something that i both miss and don’t miss … The sound of an actual phone ringing … (for folks born after 2000, that’s these things that had cords and a bell that made a crazy sound before they could send texts and embarrassing pictures!) …. A good ole’ “RRRRRIIIINNNNNNGGGGGG” would really get our… Read more

Comin’ in hot with a very personal story here … Literally a month after Toni had moved in (she didn’t know it, but, i’d already started plans on “the ring” if ya know what i mean!) my mom had called me up while was at the office … She was in tears … Her cancer… Read more

As i was pouring my second cup of coffee this morning, a song just washed over me as if it was playing clear as day … I smiled up as i took my cup and, as i started singing the song (quietly, it is 2am after all i don’t wanna wake the house up!) i… Read more

What do eggs, snakes, blood, frogs, gnats, and flies have in common ??? Welp, stick with me and you’ll find out 🙂 … You see, whilst starting breakfast for my beloved this am (she likes her eggs over hard, don’t judge!) i found that if you get the cast iron up to temp, then melt… Read more

What do you tell the kids on the LAST day of school and not the first ??? The Titanic was built by professionals while the Ark was built by an amateur (you tell them that on the first day and no homework gets done!) … Kidding kidding kidding … We all Noah (ha, see what… Read more