Fall
In all of his 4 years of school experience, my Brody-Man has never been a huge fan of going to school. In his second year of pre-school, it took about 3 months for him to go without telling me "I'm NOT going to school!". That year, on one of those days in early fall when you get a surprise fall-feeling day and my car was not wor

Blessings
On the radio tonight (on the Delilah show) a man was telling an inspiring story of a Special Olympian that he got to know when he volunteered one year. He ended with the admonition to not just COUNT your blessings, but to DO something with them. USE them to their fullest potential. Of course just hearing the "Count Your Blessings" phrase brought to mind the hymn by Oatman and Excell. "Count your blessings name them one by one...and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done." I can remember singing that song as a little girl in the church I grew up in. I think it is one of those songs with good intentions, but maybe not t