The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Race (or so I thought…)
Months and months and months of anticipation for the San Antonio’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon 2009 finally came to pass last Sunday. It was the city’s 2nd time to host this race and also my 2nd time to run it. There was a bit of anxiety stirring in my mind about how [...]

Father/Daughter Camping
This past weekend we were supposed to have another family camping trip, but I was sick and needed to stay home. It was good how it turned out though, because this allowed Rob to have his first father/daughter camping opportunity. He took the girls out to Emma Long Park which is [...]

Cruel and Unusual??
I am not sure at what age it is no longer acceptable to suck your fingers or thumb, but I am sure we have passed that long ago. Plus with sickness and germs running rampage all over the place, sticking dirty bacteria-laden objects in your mouth can’t keep your down your odds of catching [...]

Every Jot and Tittle; Am I to be a scribe?
About eight years ago, I adopted a little paperback camouflage NIV Bible as my preferred choice of Scripture for regular use in my quiet times, Bible studies, and at church. And as you can see, it took quite the beating over the years. The front and back covers kept tearing, pages came [...]

Halloween 2009
It was a frightful Halloween with the H1N1 virus making an appearance in a couple different ways. Fortunately there was Dr. Halle and Nurse Dee to the rescue! Sometime over the summer, Halle mentioned she wanted to be a doctor. When a friend of mine told me she had nurse [...]