Real Love Gives

We should not reach out to draw anyone to ourselves if we don't believe we are able to contribute to their life in ways that will improve their current existence. Give them joy where once they had none. Or, substance where once they had less. You know, fill in little empty spots. And This applies …

He Will Be Captain

I wish I could say that God was my Captain. The Navigator. That I was first mate, steering where he directed, And lowering the sails when he gave the command. But I cannot say that. I was living life at a breakneck speed. How odd it is, writing such a phrase, as I sit here …

She Planted a Tree

I was four or five years old when she sat by my bed where I lay sobbing. She had come all the way from Michigan to visit us in Texas and happened to be there when my dog had been shot by an angry neighbor. I thought he died, but she assured me that my …

Consider a Tapestry

The things that matter take time. I love instant happy. Who doesn't love instant happy? But lives take time to build. They aren't instantly successful. Friendships take time to build. The real ones. And merging lives? That is like getting up every day and going to work. You must pour into that project on a …