What Can We Learn from a Charging Bull Elephant?
In my last post I talked about the solitary elephants and how they become...
Getting Old in The Serengeti
None of us likes getting old! Neither do the animals in the Serengeti! I was...
A Serengeti Safari!!!
Last Summer Mary and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary and our kids surprised us with a Serengeti Safari!...
WORRY FREE POST-PROM PARTIES
With Spring in the air, can high school proms be far behind? They will...
The Guy in The Glass
Last week Alex commented on my New Years Resolution post. In it he referred...
How to NOT Get The Flu
This time of the year respiratory flu, influenza, is usually in high gear, but...
Severing Our Shackles
Today’s blog is by Sister Joyce Rupp, O.S.M. They had weighed him down with...
A Thought About Lent
Most Christians are aware that Lent starts Wednesday and many of us will be...
Heros in the Neighborhood
I talked before about our great neighborhood (May 30, 2011 and July 28, 2011)....
Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day coming in just over 100 hours I want to tell you...
Is It Spring Yet?
Today, Mary and I substituted our usual after lunch nap with a brisk walk...
Speaking With An Angel
I came across this song last week on Face Book. It was written by...
How do You Recognize a Concussion?
What parent has not worried that their child has a concussion, or will get...
Work Ethic Part 2
As I probably told you before, I work a couple half days each week...
Is Peer Pressure Real or Just an Excuse?
Here is a guest blog I wrote for a friend of mine, http://enchantedcollar.com/blogs/ . I’m...
Today’s real work ethic, Part I
This may surprise you, but I think America’s work ethic is alive and well. Let...
Two new evaluations!
Before I post my thought on “work ethic”, later this week, I want to...
Those New Year’s Resolutions
As I started to thing about New Year’s Resolution I remembered I had a...
Christmas Eve Legion
Christmas may be past, but I continue to think about my childhood Christmases. It...
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Yesterday during Christmas Mass one of our choir members sang Joseph’s Song. Hearing this...
A Christmas Surprise
Sunday we had our Tennessee families here for Christmas Brunch. I wrote about the...
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We are having Christmas early this year! Mary and I are hosting a Family Brunch this Sunday...
Everyone Should Have a Dog!
Everyone should have a dog. The message below, taken in part from “Messengers in...
Pet and Kids Love Unconditionally, Sometimes to Their Determent
There was a Op. Ed. piece in the paper yesterday which touched my heart....
Childhood Friends Rule
Thanks to my friend Curt Harding for this Blog! This blog is dedicated to...
Sleep as Medicine!
Sometimes I think that we forget that Nature has as many “cures” as doctors,...
Rebels, Misfits, and Troublemakers
How do we think about the kids and even adults who act a little...
A Raising Optimistic Children
Jean Tracy, a fantastic Parenting guru asked me to write a guest blog about...
Helping Parents Prevent Teen Alcohol Use
Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among youth in the United States, and...
New Review from Midwest Book Review
This reviewer did a great job of expressing the crux of Messsengers in three sentences!...
Parenting Methods and Teen Drinking
Because alcohol use is a part of many adolescents’ lives there is a school of...
Building Character with Good Parenting
Young people, children and teens especially, are drawn to leaders who have integrity and...
FAQs about Messengers in Denim, Part 3
Here is the third a final group of FAQs about Messengers.Still time to join...
Overprotective Parents or Wise Parents?
I thought I would take a break from the FAQs and tell a little...
Frequently Asked Questions About Messengers in Denim, Part 2
Our virtual world book tour is about at the half way mark, but there...