Sometimes, we can clearly define what is important to us. The list can vary from how we feel about ketchup on French fries to how we want to be treated when we die. Somehow, we rate what we find to be important by degrees–”you are the most important person in my life”…”I take time daily [...]

Our guest blogger this week, Maggie Hsu, has been a long-time friend of our family.  She has a great love of people, a passion for sports, an amazing sense of humor (Maggie–I love to hear you laugh!), and basically enjoys life.  Her happiness is contagious!  She is a great wife and mother to three boys, [...]

I love when I have French fries and a ketchup packet that squirts ketchup directly onto the fry before I sail it into my mouth. It’s got to be one of my favorite things about life. I love reading in the sunshine. It doesn’t matter where I am, as long as there is sun and [...]

Today, my friend is dying. I don’t tell you this to make you sad. I am sad that her time on earth is soon to be over, but I am very grateful that I have been blessed with the opportunity to know her. We haven’t known each other for a long time, yet I am [...]

Last weekend, we spent some time at the beach.  I loved being in the calm, cool water with my little ones.  We built islands in the sand, searched for shells, and kept coated with sunscreen. At one point, my husband and oldest son were out swimming around the sand bar–quite a way out in the water.  I decided, on [...]

I am a nerd. For any of you who’d disagree with me, I’ll prove it to you by the following statement: I was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation recently (now do you believe me? lol), and some random guest star scientist dude was chatting with Wesley Crusher, the teenage son of Dr. Beverly Crusher. [...]

I’ve been thinking about motivation and knowledge and how they are connected for me. There has been a particular experience which has caused me to draw a line between them. I heard a quote once that went like this “To know and not do is to really not know”. I have found a lot of [...]

I have a friend who has been in the hospital for more than a month.  We met a few months ago and have become friends quickly.  Several days a week, I travel to the hospital to visit.  I’m not consistent about the time of day, so I have met many nurses who have cared for [...]

I have felt REALLY blessed over the past few days!  I have felt like people beyond myself were in-tune with my life and the feelings I was feeling.  I felt great love from others in the form of time, phone calls, food dropped off (the muffins were YUMMY, Michelle!), and even from people in the grocery [...]

Tamera is our guest blogger today. She’s a great friend, and offers great perspective on life today. Enjoy! I am studying to become a special education teacher. I learn that all of my students will learn differently, and I think everyone learns differently anyway. So, if everyone learns differently why when we get a paper [...]