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Category Archives: Deep Thoughts
Diabetes Anniversary…A Reflection
So bear with me as I try to put my thoughts in the past few days into words, but it isn’t always easy. On this day, May 22, 1990, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I am 32, and … Continue reading
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Honor
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the word “honor.” Whether used to describe me or someone else, it is a word that I seem to be hearing a lot more lately. Honor is defined as (and I’m only using … Continue reading
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Event Horizon(a.k.a. Not all those who wander are lost)
It has taken me quite a while to put the thoughts and emotions from the past month into words. And, as you can tell from the title (for all 2 of you who might read this), I don’t think I … Continue reading
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Endings
Another camp ending has come and gone, and even though the season doesn’t officially end until next weekend with the end of two programs I am in one of my conflicted bittersweet moods. This summer has been one of the … Continue reading
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Almost Spring
It reached 51 degrees today…nice, sunny, and an almost-warm kind of feeling. It was wonderful! And yes, I do realize that not more than a month ago I was cheering on the snow as it fell. But it’s 14 days … Continue reading
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Can You Imagine?
When I do get the chance to take a drive — a REAL drive (long, aimless, not your normal “Sunday drive”) — I often think about what the land would look like without all the buildings, roads, utility poles…you get … Continue reading
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Children, Emotion, and More
So after a rough evening (“after” for me, Sarah is still with Susan) and while I’m waiting for Sarah to come to bed, I’m thinking about the many things that cause those meltdowns in our children. Mine had multiple meltdowns … Continue reading
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Wyoming
So before I go to a conference later this week, I took a couple of days to tour around a bit in Wyoming…specifically Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. These are the scenes that make me wish I … Continue reading
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Remembrance
ad astra per aspera (A rough road leads to the stars) from the Apollo 1 Memorial  It may be the end of the day on September 11, but I thought it only fitting that my devotion today be the … Continue reading
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Empty
This house is empty. Some people might think that after four years of marraige, and almost eleven months of fatherhood would make a man want some solitude — even for a few minutes. I thought so, too…until now. Sarah, Josiah, … Continue reading
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