I spent the day designing two website, or I guess I should say re-designing. I love this part of online work. The problem is I tend to get caught up in this, maybe it is just a distraction to the often more painful and complicated task of writing. We spent 10 days with the grandparents and had a great time. We took the kids camping, hiking, swimming in the river, … [Read more...] about Design and Totally Random Thoughts Late at Night
Layla and Amara – Singing and Talking
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Tomorrow Never Comes – by Norma Cornett Marek
If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would videotape … [Read more...] about Tomorrow Never Comes – by Norma Cornett Marek
I Used To Be Awesome!
We start out in life thinking that we're awesome. We can dance in public as 5-year-olds and not care what others think of us. By the time we'ere adults, that's been driven out of us. by peers by parents by the media by embarrassing situations As adults, we doubt ourselves. We judge ourselves badly. We are critical: of our bodies of ourselves as people of … [Read more...] about I Used To Be Awesome!
Santa Cruz and It’s Homeless – Attack Poverty, Not The Poor
[pullquote align="right"]"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring." - Martin Luther King Jr.[/pullquote] In recent months, it has sometimes been suggested that compassion is inviting problems into our community, that if only we were meaner and … [Read more...] about Santa Cruz and It’s Homeless – Attack Poverty, Not The Poor