My little grandsons were restless, but it was bitter cold outside, so I took them to the crawlspace for entertainment. We go there often. Those little boys love nothing better than going to a secret cave under the house with flashlights to explore. I sat down on a Rubbermaid and let them look for treasures….
My principal set the page filled with student comments in front of me, and we walked through them together. Students had taken an anonymous survey about teachers, and at the end they were able to write freely any comments or criticisms they had about each teacher. There were some pretty nice comments on my sheet,…
In case you ever need to know, there is a place of almost complete solitude, in the C concourse of the Portland airport. I know why. In the walkway, just before you get here, is a play place. This surely acts as a great deterrent. But I tell you to stay the course and walk…
“I’ve got to run and get paint supplies,” I said to my son. “Do you want me to go with you?” he replied. A heroic offer, since he had just relaxed on the couch to watch a sitcom. He turned off the TV before I had even answered, and we hopped into the car. On…
I chose the second lane in the bank drive-through and sent the tube with my paperwork. When the bank lady returned the tube, I asked her if I could borrow the pen and return it the next time I came to the bank. (I was on my way to a wedding shower and needed to…
Probably it started over breakfast when I thought of a painful memory from my past. The Lord encouraged me through my Bible reading, but it still left me a little on edge. Then I started coffee brewing and thought, Hmmm. Why is the coffee so light? “Oh no! Not that!” I yelled. Because every once in…
Observe the battle: My brother and I on one end of the field. My sister-in-law and her daughter on the other. Dispute: When best to eat a pear. My sister-in-law and her daughter want an apple-like experience when they bite into a pear, and they will only eat the fruit if it offers a solid…
It’s this horrible intersection close to our house, where a gas station entry is way too close to the light, so you’ve got cars sitting at the light and other cars coming and trying to enter the gas station. Messy business. On Friday, I was sitting at the light waiting for it to turn green….
It has to do with cheeseburgers, so you know this is going to be a happy story. There’s a small church in Libby, Montana that has been without a pastor since April, so that man of mine is giving them a five-week run of preaching on Sundays, to give them a boost. We do Saturday…
“Do you think one coat of paint is going to cover this primer?” he asked a few days ago. In his right hand was a paintbrush. In his left hand was a bucket of white. “I don’t know. Red over white?” I said. Well, it wasn’t officially red. It was Sherwin Williams’ “carriage door” for…
Something that has been on my mind a lot, in the last year or so, has been character. I keep joking with my friends that I’m 46 now, and by the time I’m 50 I’m planning on having that perfect character I’ve always hoped for. Four years -that should do it. It’s a joke. You…
The one plant I’ve had for almost 20 years. It’s a prayer plant, and no matter how extreme my neglect, I can’t seem to kill it. Its leaves fold up at night, and it begs God for one more day to live. The second plant was purchased when I started teaching two years ago, because…
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