H is for Health Care
We talk a lot about health care in this country. Scratch that. We yell at each other a lot about health care in this country. I understand it. I really do. I get the tension between the two sides. I...
View ArticleI is for Ice Cream for Breakfast!
Did you know there’s a International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day? You’re already late for this year’s event, unfortunately. It’s always the first Saturday of February. But you can go ahead and start...
View ArticleJ is for “Just Pizza”
Ten years ago, I was a Shift Leader at a local pizza franchise. There were times when it was an especially stressful job. There’s nothing like having an unexpected rush of delivery orders on a Friday...
View ArticleK is for Kids
It’s that time of year again…Girls’ Weekend, where Christy and her college roommates get together for a weekend away – just the four of them. Back when the kids were younger and I had some pretty...
View ArticleM is for Manning, Brennan (1934-2013)
I had originally planned on writing about Milligan Homecoming for my “M” entry. With this morning’s news of Brennan Manning’s passing, I find it altogether fitting to use “M” to remember how he...
View ArticleN is for Nashville, Indiana
We love Nashville, Indiana. We visit several times a year. It makes it much easier to do this since we live so close now. These pictures are from a few years ago, but they’re still worth sharing. Aly...
View ArticleO is for Outstanding!
Words can bring death or life! Proverbs 18:21a You know the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” I get the point behind the phrase. But it’s dead wrong. The...
View ArticleP is for Paper Towels
In the wake of yesterday’s terrorist attack in Boston, I thought about changing this post to “P is for Peace” because that’s what we long for. Of course P is for peace. Maybe this is my misguided...
View ArticleQ is for Quiet
I wish I had the money to be able to buy Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking for everyone in my company. I wish I had the money to buy this book for everyone at my...
View ArticleR is for “remember my chains…”
I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Colossians 4:18 Please read Pastor Saeed’s story and consider writing to him. His birthday is May 7. And as we...
View ArticleS is for Sound Effects
You need these sound effect buttons in your life. Trust me. Just click away and sprinkle these sound effects liberally throughout your day. You’re welcome. Tagged: A to Z challenge, A to Z...
View ArticleT is for Todd
Yes. That’s my name. Todd. It used to bug me a whole lot when someone would use my last name as a first name. I never understood why so many people wanted to use a last name for a first name (see what...
View ArticleU is for up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start
The Konami Code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start – to get a ton of lives for two players) was our best friend when Kevin and I would play Contra.* I finally got to...
View ArticleV is for Vote for Mihret!
We need your help! Please go here and vote for Mihret. We’re kind of behind in this contest because of a communication error so we need every vote we can get. Having a van like this would be...
View ArticleW is for Washington Square Mall
Back in the Day When I started high school, our school corporation had an open campus policy. One of the cool things about this was that we could go off campus for lunch. There was a church that was...
View ArticleX is for x-wing
Of course X is for x-wing. If you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, you shouldn’t be surprised by this at all. What else could X be for? X-Men? I guess. X-ray? Maybe. Xylophone? A cop-out. If...
View ArticleZ is for Zoo
Sometimes, we like to play with animals in our family. Sometimes we dress up like to pretend we’re animals. We even hang out in cages from time to time. It could be said that life in the Fishbowl is...
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