No, Missy, I didn’t come back from Ireland with a leprechaun in my pocket, but I did come back with lots of wonderful memories, and so many parts of Ireland in my mind that I probably sound a bit foggy this morning. We’ll lay it to jet lag. I don’t know where to begin to […]
Mar 17, 2014
The Blessing of Light
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“May the blessing of Light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend.” — Old Irish Blessing from the book, Irish […]
Aug 21, 2013
My Dad
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His hat hangs on a peg in my hallway. It’s not the Stetson he wore on special occasions. This one has sweat marks, and a small spot of oil. It’s the one he wore every day as he mowed lawns, drove to the sale barn, or any time he went out the door. He never […]
Jun 6, 2013
Because of Them
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Before beginning this post on the fun and importance of keeping written records of your children or grandchildren, I want to say a prayer of gratitude to God for the freedom we have in the United States of America and a prayer of thanks for those brave men who died during all our wars to […]
