One Leaf
A leaf fell to the ground today. It had been feeling the chill in the air for some weeks and the last few nights of frost were just too much to bear. The life of this little leaf had been short, but wonderful. When the first few rays […]
Erick
Christian husband and dad, former pastor, current Academic Advisor, enjoy camping, carpentry, writing, driving...oh..and LOVE rainy days!
Falling Leaves
I love the fall – windy, rainy, cool and crisp with the autumn smell of a hot summer day giving in to the cold winter night. I remember growing up on the farm with the fields of dried grasses bordered with trees bursting forth in a kaleidoscope of […]
All We Really Need
It began with the sound of gentle rain on the roof. At about one in the morning it stirred my slumber and I woke as the soft pitter-patter became a drenching downpour. I listened as it washed away the hot summer dust and gave new hope to thirsty […]
New Directions
It has been a very busy couple of weeks. New directions are sometimes dramatic 180s, and other times they are gentle curves. The curve finally became goodbye last week. After 22 years of marriage and 20 of those parenting, my wife and I are now officially empty-nesters…and boy […]
First Vacation (long drive home)
While the air between us was much clearer, the Southern August air was not. Driving through North and South Carolina was sweltering. The cool mountain air of the Smokies had given way to the humid coastal Carolinas. We drove for hours watching the canopy of maple, oak, and […]
First Vacation (enough said)
We argued all the way through the rest of Indiana and Kentucky and into Tennessee before finally getting to our campground…late and tired and in the dark…deciding that we should just agree to disagree and try to get some sleep. Neither of us slept very much…there are different […]
First Vacation (the set-up)
You never know quite where an unfamiliar road is going to take you. A mountain top or down into the valley or maybe a little of both are always on the horizon when charting new territory. Our first vacation taught us this lesson. We had been married for […]
Name That Car!
My son and I have been naming cars for years. When he was younger we would simply try to guess the make and model and sometime year of whatever car was in front of us. My dad and I used to do this when I was little and […]
