Thoughts

Inside you, boy,

There’s an old man sleepin’,

Dreamin’ waitin’ for his chance.

Inside you, girl,

There’s an old lady dozin’,

Wantin’ to show you a slower dance.

So keep on playin’,

Keep on runnin’,

Keep on jumpin’, til the day

That those old folks

Down inside you

Wake up … and come out and play.

    - Shel Silverstein

So I've found a new workplace to go to the development trenches with. It's truly a blessing for us financially. But I have to say, for someone that doesn't care for big life changes, I feel like ours has had... a lot of them. I've learned, I've grown, I and my family have been tempered and hardened like a piece of iron passing through a slow and steady forge, with the occasional, unexpected shock of a sudden quenching.

I could go on about life changing as a whole for every member of my family; but I'll limit my thoughts to the subject of new jobs. Every company a place with both…

I shared this with Aria at a dinner honoring high school graduates at West End church of Christ, in Tennessee. I nervously delivered this to people who were not blessed to know Aria as a little one, but of course you all did; and you were instrumental in her growth and her sweet heart. Thank you for all the love and support you have given Aria over the years, and we continue to ask that you support and pray for her as life continues. We in turn pray for you and your growth as family, as individuals, and as fellow heirs of the Father.

The name Aria, very generally, means “a beautiful…

If we could fly... how many things would change? How would our vehicular mode of transportation change? What would our buildings look like?

But most importantly, could we, while walking, still trip? Could our flying instinct be too slow, and we find our face on the ground?

Hmm... At the very least there would be a whole new category of AFV videos to laugh at.