Life - Faith - One Bridge
The last few days had been rough for my dear friend, Tracey Clarke. She has been completely unresponsive for the past 5-7 days.
On the Evening of December 26th, Craig Clarke (her husband) wrote the following on their blog: [Read more…]
Christmas Eve in Asia. . . making cookies. My first ever. #notpretty
It is always strange waking up on December 25th in a world where it is JUST another day. As I said in this other mini-post, this causes me (and the other Americans here) to go to great extremes to “Christmas up” the place.
This past week has been no different. [Read more…]
Scene #1: As I looked out of the window of the plane, my heart was beating with anticipation. I have always loved seeing the Atlanta skyline from inbound flights. This viewing, though, was even more significant than others.
It was Christmas Eve. It was the fourth of four flights I had taken that day. It had been over 26 hours since I had left my apartment in Asia, but I had finally arrived. [Read more…]
“Welcome to my Christmas wonderland.”
Not sure I am ever going to show up in the pages of the Martha Stewart magazine or “Southern Living”, but I do like decorating for Christmas. Here is my latest creation in my apartment.
Don’t worry, I know it is quite the eye sore. [Read more…]
I woke up this morning only to find out via Facebook that my football coach from high school is retiring this week. Yes, I had several coaches, but only one who I still think about. All of my coaches were an important part of my high school years, but there is only one who I refer to as a major “life influence” even to this day.