The Modern Amish

While on vacation we spent a couple of days at Cedar Point. The first day was cold and, as it almost always is on Lake Erie, windy. A nice jacket took care of the cold but my face got windburned pretty good. I was still more than ready for day 2. The [...]

There she is. Across the bathroom. Yon fair maiden. My blushing bride. Yea verily she is beautiful to behold with her crimson lips and skin like satin. Behold, she speaks. Oh rapture! Each word from her lips is as honey for sweetness. I still myself to hear what [...]

Amidst the normal morning activity, I heard a knock at my bedroom door.  I open it to discover my son holding a pair of sweat pants in one hand (the kind with the zipper up the leg) and a stapler in the other hand.  “Can I just staple this since the zipper is broke?” he [...]

I try not to daydream too much.  For the most part I left that behind when I finally realized that I wasn’t going to be a professional athlete.  But every so often I find myself drifting.  Drifting back to the trip my wife & I took to Juneau, Alaska 5 years ago.  We didn’t have [...]

Life is funny. Sometimes ‘ha ha’ funny, sometimes ‘this sucks’ funny, & sometimes ‘what can you do’ funny. Such was the case the night of Friday, February the 8th.
My wife & I were headed to my 20 year class reunion of which I have written about. And which, ironically, I thought I’d gain some insight [...]

My mother-in-law passed away today.  And for me, that’s a sad occasion.  She was a good mother-in-law.  We never once exchanged a cross word, she liked watching football with me, & I enjoyed helping her out.  She wasn’t perfect, no one is, but I felt right at home calling her ‘Mom’.  And I loved her.  [...]

“Dad, do we have an unused plunger anywhere?”  I can honestly say that I never expected to hear those words from my 15 year old daughter.  Let alone first thing in the morning.  But since it was out there I bit.  “Why?” And the rest of the conversation made perfect sense.  My daughter plays the [...]

‘Some woman called for you.’ my wife said with just a hint of annoyance in her voice.  Not the type of thing you want to hear usually.  Especially right after church when it seems like you may have to repent of something toot sweet.  Was I in trouble?  Who could this ‘woman’ be?  Will I [...]