Do you remember any books you read from the 5th grade? Maybe it was a Choose Your Own Adventure tale, 101 Ways to Eat Fried Worms, or the one about a Lion, a Witch, and a Wardrobe. The one that immediately comes to my mind? How to Win Friends and Influence People by...
She likes it hot. Her coffee that is. Every morning at 6:30 am, her alarm clock goes off and she hits the snooze button. At 6:33 I attempt to gently shake her out of her stupor with the burring sound of grinding coffee. In just four short minutes, her enthusiasm to...
Stress. How Are You Coping with It? Is it Killing You? Life and stress – they go hand in hand. You will experience lots of stress in your life. There is no getting around it. I believe that the degree to which you effectively manage and cope with the stressors in...
It was the Spring of 2013. My wife was in the hospital for at least the fifth time. Some months earlier she had suffered a stroke for no apparent reason. 36 years old, relatively healthy, mother of four. The doctors were at a loss as to the exact reason, but all we...
Here’s how a typical conversation with my kids on the way home from school goes, “so how was your day?” Response from my third grader, “Good.” Response from my kindergartner, “Fine.” And if I don’t press, that’s the end of our convo. The next 20 minutes we listen to...
by Making Dinner Happen “What’s for dinner?” Hear those 3 little words every day for years on end and you’ll want to run screaming! By any chance could that be how your wife feels right about now??? Even though I love to cook (or at least I did before I had to cook...