by JemB | Oct 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here I am on the eve of starting a new year of life. I used to say that I was born to be older. I was never one who was bothered to approach or celebrate “milestone birthdays.” I thought it was great to turn 21, 30, 40, and even 50 was good. Now that I...
by JemB | Oct 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yes, National Coffee Day was a great reason to celebrate on Monday, and then there’s Columbus Day coming up, and the World Series, and all kinds of reasons we can find to celebrate – but today, yes today October 1 I have THE BEST reason of all to celebrate...
by JemB | Sep 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I repeatedly heard the phrase,”a simple life.” This morning I woke up ruminating on those words and wondered what would a simple life look like for me? My mind began to think about limiting multi tasking, reducing the amount of electronic...
by JemB | Sep 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
StephenToday I joined with about 200 other people to celebrate the life of my friend Stephen. Stephen’s mom shared that when he was born nearly 31 years ago she was afraid and didn’t know what to do or how to parent a child with his disabilities. It is...
by JemB | Sep 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
This morning in Mark chapter 8 I read this:14 The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. 15 “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”16 They discussed this with...
by JemB | Sep 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve mentioned it before, but I feel like I missed a lot of summer. Well, maybe I didn’t miss it, but I feel like I didn’t get enough of it. It happens most years like that because my work load is so heavy in the summer, and this year our vacation...
