There will be two entries.  They will be exactly alike.  They will show God's love.  The names have
been changed.  God's love will not.

The following is quoted from a Sermon given by Pastor Bruce Lester from the Evangelical Free
Church of McCook, Nebraska.  It was given at the funeral of Kailee Clapp.

Kailee Clapp was a 14-year -old freshman from ( Read more... )

   Bayley lost her beloved grandfather, Dr. Herbert Reese right before Christmas this year ( Read more... )

I'm sure that at one time or another every job sucks.  Mine tends to raise the standard.
Plus I have put myself in the Ravenna "Pool", and as railroad jobs go this pool is
referred to as the "BMW" pool, for "bitchers, moaners and whiners".  In this regard I
can hold my own with the best of them.
   I guess another reason that I hate stupidity on the ( Read more... )

My Pencil                                                                      Ouch
Oh, dear                                                                         having fun
another bad day                                                           I got Pushed
I'm ganna get dull                                                        Ouch!  oh-no!
Oh ( Read more... )

Sweet little Emma has written "Emma P's Book of Poems".  There are eleven in all and they
are all illustrated (I wish I could include the illustrations!)  In my next two LJ entries I will let you
all see her writings (I will not change her spelling because that is part of her charm)

Fluffle Bunny ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's been a long time for an entry, so I'll start with a cute one ( Read more... )

Things have been jumping around here with the addition of three wonderful
grandchildren!  We love it!

I feel one particular incident that has already made the rounds of Facebook  needs my
input...

There happened to be a scary happening at Holmes Lake Park involving a young mother
and her 23 month old boy.  This attempted abduction occurred a little ( Read more... )

Mother's Day is a weekend that's to be dreaded by those who have lost their Mothers.  The depth of anguish can be unbearable.                  So it was with tenderness I wanted to help Bayley observe this time.  She doesn't go out to the cemetery very often, probably because it is the saddest place on earth.  But  would she be  willing to go if it ( Read more... )

This is actually the second of two entries today.  Scroll down to the
next for another entry if you really want to expose yourself to this type of stuff.

I am of the opinion that anyone contemplating suicide is so totally selfish and
obsessed that they cannot be in their right mind and are demon possessed.
I am not implying that life can't lead you ( Read more... )

Coherent thought processes are not on a little boy's mind, until he goes
through pretty much all of life's phases.  Put in another way...the male of
the species does not grasp "consequences" unless death in some form
confronts him.

An illustration of this phenomenon has three examples:

1)  Andrew and Eric's room smelled really bad.  The odor was ( Read more... )