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Simple Joys

Simple Joys

"You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” - St Augustine Restless hearts On Monday our restless little girls asked to make...
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Veteran's Day

At 5 o’clock traffic stops.A lone bugle cries out “Retreat.” Cars abruptly stop and line the roads with their hazards flashing. What was a bustling base one minute earlier has...
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Our Friends the Saints

Our Friends the Saints

Tuesday was All Saints Day One time I was convinced that if you put little fans on the ceiling inside subway tunnels you could use them like tiny windmills to...
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We needed a shed.

We needed a shed.

When I was 26, my wife Helene and I bought our first house. It had a nice yard and I needed a place to keep the lawnmower. Carrying a machine...
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Tip the scales

One kid had an ear infection and then a fever; another had a fever and then an ear infection. Two of them just had days off school.​Out of the last 10...
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Row out.

Row out.

Small Fish. At 4:10 this morning, as I walked bleary eyed from putting our toddler back in her bed, I stopped to watch a fishing boat. It was making its...
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How Can I Hear My Calling?

How Can I Hear My Calling?

What do you want to be? In 10th grade I took an athletic trainer class. It was awesome. Odds are I can still tape an ankle in a minute. When...
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FULL CAF

FULL CAF

Holidays at my parents’ house are wonderful. I always expect visits home to bring on a sleepy let down. It’s cozy, all my people are there, familiar – it’s just...
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