These are just some thoughts that I scribbled down on our last vacation, I didn’t have internet access so I decided to piece it together now and over the next couple days: It's difficult sometimes trying to raise a 2 year old, heck it is difficult enough trying to raise myself. We have to learn to deal with difficulties in our lives, maintain composure in the face of conflict … [Read more...] about July 12-13

Just a note before I tell the story of the two wolves.  I mentioned yesterday that I was among the first 500 VISTA Volunteers in 1965 and now there have been over 170,000. I found this story online so can’t take credit for it. Two Wolves An elderly Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life… He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me, it is … [Read more...] about Two Wolves

I received a postcard in the mail today from Americorp asking that VISTA Alumni reply by going online and registering.  VISTA was established in 1965 and is short for Volunteers in Service to America.  I talked a little about it earlier.  What caught my eye was the statement that it didn’t matter whether you served in 1965 or presently, they wanted us to … [Read more...] about Writing My Life #5

This is the fourth and last in a series on prayer in my life. Prayer I was a VISTA Volunteer (Volunteers in Service to America)  in 1966, working in the War on Poverty in Bay City, Michigan.  I first worked with migrant workers and then worked for the Bay City Community Action Council.  We set up adult education classes, day care centers, parenting classes … [Read more...] about Writing My Life 4