Category: communication
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20 Questions
This last week we have done some extra driving…and the car game is 20 Questions. One person comes up with an idea, a person, place or thing, and the others have 20 questions to ask and to guess what it is. It can be a lot of fun. Sometimes it takes 40 questions, but it…
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Politics, Politics
We have had so much fodder for the late night talk shows lately. Politicians have become the butt of jokes and ridicule, all over the world. If we judge politicians according to what we see in the media, it feels like there is no hope for mankind. The lying, arrogance, and corruption just seems to…
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Faces
I have noticed that I am a different person with different people. It is subtle, but noticeable to me now that I am trying to be more aware of my motives and thought processes. With my parents I behave more like a child. With my children I have more of a parent face, and they…
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The Measure of Life
Right now we have 2 boys trying to decide what it is that they want to study. Life choices. Large ones, in some ways. These adult choices are the ones that will define the years of their adult life. Or do they really? As a 17 year old, there were very few classes in high…
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Love and Truth
The other day I was given the gift of music. (These things make us so happy here in the bush!) I chose an album that my son recommended and there were a few songs on there that touched me to the core. One of the songs was, “Loving You With the Truth.” It talks about…
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The Foreteller
If you had the opportunity to see your future, would you do it? So many times I have wished that I could see what was coming, just so I would know what choices to make. Obviously, by making certain choices, I can sort of guide the direction I want to go…but can’t really foretell what…