Beam of Light

A small beam of light can illuminate details in dark places. The details start to become visible. The warmth and joy of the place is felt where it was not so apparent. Like love from afar.

Choices

We all make choices. Everyday. Choices about what to eat. What to wear. What to do today. Life and love. Some choices can be seen more clearly than others. How do we know what to choose when things are not so clear? Do we rely on instinct? On gut feelings? Sometimes the choices are already made. We just haven't realized it, yet.

Woodland Critters

One of the wonderful things about spending so much time in the woods is the wildlife encounters. Seems that every time I go out, I see something new. Sometimes it's the same animals behaving differently. Could be a new animal, bird or flower. Sometimes, it's a rock that just doesn't look quite right.

Down to the Details

Getting down to the details of something can be difficult. Even deceiving at times. The closer you look, the more you realize there is even more to see. Sometimes, the details don't even matter. It's the whole picture that counts.

Crossing Bridges

Life has many bridges we must cross. Sometimes we come to a bridge and hesitate. The bridge looks safe. The other side is where we want to go. There is familiarity and comfort on the other side. There may even be something we have been missing from our lives that is within reach, on the other side. We know we must cross this bridge, yet still, we hesitate. Why? So many questions to be asked before we cross. So many things to be resolved. Maybe we need someone from the other side to take our hand and help us across. That helping hand, that loving touch, can give us the strength we need to make the crossing. Sometimes faith must prevail over all the doubts and questions, so that we can take that hand and feel that love.

My Favorite Teacher

Having a daughter just graduate and getting ready to start a teaching career, makes you think about how important teachers really are to our future. I know several teachers and believe it is one of the most mis-understood and under appreciated professions out there. There are countless hours that are taken from teacher's personal lives to make sure that our children get the education they deserve; the education our children need to live their lives, better than ours. These children will be the people who take care of us, who find cures for the diseases that inflict us, who make the decisions to better our world. They need the best teachers we can find for them. With so many States looking to cut their budgets, teaching is the last place they should be looking!

As my daughter's graduation hat says, "If you can read this, thank a teacher"!