What an amazing week celebrating our sixteenth anniversary! Almost no technology. We sent the kids to Texas to spend time with grandparents (thanks, grandparents). And all by ourselves Becky and I painted the living room, bought some furniture, didn’t cook a single meal, never touched laundry or dishes, and mostly… Read More
Archive Tag: awkwardly personal
How I Met Becky
Becky and I are celebrating sixteen years of marriage this week, twenty-one years together. So, since I’m already doing a lot of reminiscing, how about I answer the question women ask me more than any other: How’d you and Becky meet? The first answer I always give is Hooters. But… Read More
Gotcha Day: A Cautionary Tale
Yesterday was Sambhaji’s “Gotcha Day.” It’s not the day we went to his orphanage in India and brought him home to Nashville – we never did that. Another mom and dad did. Two years ago we received a phone call from our social worker. A couple in our state had… Read More
I’m Angry
On the last night of every Compassion Bloggers trip we sit around a table together and talk about how to go back home. Because re-entry is a peculiar and scary thing. We talk about the myriad responses we may have when we get there. There’s no telling what’s going to… Read More
In Defense Of Stirring The Pot
Do you smell it? Over there on the stove. In the big silver pot there’s homemade vegetable beef soup simmering on low. Imagine taking the ladle in your hand, dipping it in and serving yourself a bowl. Go ahead and taste a spoonful. Good, huh? But you’re missing something that… Read More
When One Is Greater Than One Thousand
One thousand pats on the back, CDs sold, people in the seats, encouraging emails, audiences laughing, positive reviews, lives changed for the better. One person disappointed, angry, critical, unchanged. I get to choose who I am. The guy who measured up 1,000 times or the guy who didn’t this once.… Read More