A Day of Rejoicing

The small boy marched around the room, clapping his hands while children’s voices sang from the CD player, “Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, Sing His mercy and His grace.”*  He sang along, though he could not stay on key. “In the mansions bright and blessed He’ll prepare for us a place.” His mother watched from a distance, quietly amused.

The broad strains of the chorus filled the room as he continued to march. “When we

Haircut - Feb. 15, 2013

I gave Derek his first haircut since he first started losing his hair nearly a year and a half ago.  It probably could have been cut sooner, but we were all enjoying it too much.

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After

New Year Again

One year ago, I wrote a blog post about new things I would do in 2012.  Indeed as I re-read them, most of them really did happen, both good and bad.  Some of them are a bit hard to judge.  At the end of my post, I added a wish list of things I hoped would happen this past year, but over which, I had no control.  Here they are with the results: