“Let there be love shared among us, let there be love in our eyes. May now Your love sweep this nation, cause us, oh Lord, to arise. Give us a fresh understanding of brotherly love that is real. Let there be love shared among us, let there be love.”
BIG FIVE LIFE LESSONS
My beloved granddaughter, EmilyBoo, is five years old today.
THIRTY NINE MONTHS
Today marks 39 months (3 years and 3 months) since Carli, my beloved daughter-in-love, passed away.
THE INTERVIEW
A short story, work of fiction.
HER WOULD HAVE BEEN 30TH BIRTHDAY ON THE 30TH
This year, all the babies born in 1995 turn 30 years old. Most of them will consider this birthday to be a magnificent milestone of maturity, almost like a rite of passage into the prime stage of their lives.
THE WOUNDED HEART OF A WRESTLING SOUL
Today, on Human Rights Day, my heart aches for all the hidden violations of human rights…
PURE & SIMPLE FAITH
Thirty years ago a toddler at the top of a staircase spotted his daddy standing at the bottom of the stairs. He grinned from ear to ear, because down there was his daddy – the strongest, smartest, bestest best daddy in the whole wide world.
TOSS THE TOTE & DITCH THE DUMPING
One of my dear friends recently made a visual representation of his own life in a grid of 7×10 blocks, which depicts a rough rounding of the estimated life expectancy of 70 years in South Africa.
PARK YOUR BUTT, GRAB AN OAR AND ROW!
A thirty-second wedding anniversary celebration








