Setbacks in Life

I was just walking along the beach and decided to cool off in the Atlantic Ocean.  The water was refreshing and the breeze felt peaceful.  The breeze wasn’t’ the only thing that was peaceful.  I was.  Just sitting there looking out at the water and then…woosh.  The...

Time to fish

“You can’t catch’em if you’re not fishin’.” The first week of summer vacation my family did our annual trip to “my happy place”.  Where?  Little Gasparilla Island.  Where we stay on the island you must get there by boat.  The dock is on the east side of the house and...

Love, God (Vol. 3)

Over the past couple of days I’ve heard of a young, thirty-four year old, mother pass away unexpectedly leaving her husband and seven year old son behind, and a mother has decided to end her life after being sick for some time.  School just ended.  After a year of...

Modifying God?

I remember a comment a friend of mine made about re-touching the color of pictures, and it has stayed with me.  She said, “Why is it we feel the need to improve on what God has placed in front of us?” I am a threat to modify the color, sharpness, or soften a picture. ...

Mr. or Ms. "Fix-it"

  Do you know a “Mr. or Mrs. Fix-it”?  I’m not talking about a “handy-man” around the house.  This is someone who tries to handle situations on their own.  Maybe you are one of them yourself. I recently had a conversation with someone who had had a fallen out...