The biggest blessing I’ve had this week is that Jeremy got to come home and stay for a whole week!  He’s almost done “playing Navy”, that is, being on a ship, at least for a little while.  It’s been so good to have him home. It’s amazing how my stress levels have been lower this [...]

Today is my youngest nephew’s birthday. He is four years old today. He is my brother’s son. His mom regularly writes a blog called “Where the Wild Things Are.” There’s a link to it in my sidebar. I’m sure she will be posting birthday greetings. You can also see [...]

Today is March 15.
Today’s post is dedicated to my dad, David Cornelius.  I hope you’re reading, Dad.
Dad always liked March 15.  He always liked March 4 too, but I missed that one.  (It’s the only day of the year that’s a command, march fourth.  Yes, I know.  All right, everybody, all together now, laugh.  Hah, [...]

Today is Nathan’s birthday.
I didn’t forget, Nathan, aren’t you proud of me?  Nathan, my youngest brother, is twenty-five today.
I think that’s a nice age to be.  But it’s also an age that you tend to get your first “mid-life crisis.”  I think it’d be more accurate to say “quarter-life crisis” since I hope Nathan lives [...]

I looked at the calendar today, something I don’t do every day, believe it or not, and I noticed that today is the start of Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. (and probably Canada too).  So I thought I’d write about the time difference between Bahrain and the Western Hemisphere since, subjectively speaking, it’s changed [...]

Today is my brother Jeff’s birthday.   Today he is the big 3-0.  (Three-oh)  Welcome to the club, Jeff!  Now I’m not the only one (of us siblings).  How does it feel to be 30?  Do you still feel it is the new 20?  Or do you feel older, say in your bones?  Slowing down any?  [...]

Friday night at church the conversation turned to glasses and I mentioned I needed to visit an optician (where you buy glasses).  The pastor, Majdi, who is a doctor, volunteered to take me to the shop he deals with.  I accepted.  So the next day, Saturday, he and his wife, Margo, and his son Mark [...]