Talk nerdy to me

…so goes the subtitle of my current obsession, “The Big Bang Theory.” No, not the theory itself but the hit series from CBS featuring roommates, theoretical and experimental physicists Sheldon and Leonard, a couple of their equally geeky friends, and their next-door blond neighbor Penny.
The first time I got a taste of humor [...]

When life offers no guarantees

It was the biggest shock of the day, if not the week, for me. While in the car on the way back to the office today, colleagues were rattling off names of single, unattached males. His name came up. Ha?! How could he be “single” when he and his girlfriend have been going strong (or [...]

Musings on a Saturday morning

Like a shot of espresso to a tired, lethargic body, that’s what hope does to us. Find a man who has ceased to hope for an end in his misery and I will show you a person who might as well be six feet under the ground.
Since I have started to draw an analogy [...]

Grace and love

I am starting the year with an attitude of gratitude. With eyes that will always strain to see the beauty in everything; with ears that will try to listen to echoes of goodness around me; with the heart that will trust God no matter where I am—whether I am stuck in a ditch (or in [...]