The world is a cruel place. People are taking to social media to let their followers know of another person's faults or to ridicule how someone looks or what he or she believes. Often the truth about someone gets twisted or taken out of context. Many times, the post, tweet, podcast or news article is nothing but lies. But if someone famous says it, millions believe it's "gospel" truth. The other day I saw a post from an actor who showed a picture of Bob Keeshan in his Captain

Color. Do we really stop to see the beauty God has provided for us, or are we too involved in our busyness to notice? I looked outside yesterday realized my lawn had become a beautiful green. (The second thing I noticed was how badly I need to mow.) What other colors had I been blinded to recently? Just think of all the varied colors in nature-- blue sky, cardinals, pink roses, purple irises, yellow finches, green hummingbirds, sunsets of yellow, orange, pink, and purple, ora

Five of us sat at the restaurant lunch table that day-- my parents, my sister, her boyfriend, and me. As we waited for our food, the laughter began as we told stories of things that happened long ago. The time when mom had to call dad to come home from work because my two-year old self had locked her out of the house. The time dad bowled a perfect 300 game. Our crazy uncle who wore a red satin jacket to one of our weddings-- we couldn't remember which. I never realized how pr

Okay, confession time. I told my husband this morning I was having trouble coming up with something to write about in this week's blog. He said, "Just write about nothing. You know, like in Seinfeld." For those who have seen the TV show Seinfeld, you'll know what he meant. In one episode, Jerry Seinfeld and his sidekick George Costanza got the go-ahead from NBC to write a pilot script starring Jerry himself. They wasted a lot of time coming up with brilliant lines such as, "H