Knowledge
Helpful Worker
The other day my dad was having some trouble logging into his bank account. He tried different things until he got locked out. Today we went to the bank to get it resolved. The young woman there was very helpful, patient, and knowledgeable. My dad was so happy to get it corrected and was so […]
Epiphany
Epiphany! Aha! I get it now! I love the word, the meaning, the church celebration. The gospel reading Matthew 2:1-12 was the story of the wise men – or Magi – who made the journey to see the infant Jesus. They knew and read the signs in the sky. They followed the star to the […]
Scouting Lessons Learned
I heard a story on the news today of 3 boy scouts who were hiking in the woods with their leader and wanted to explore a cave. Unknown to them, there was a bear in the cave and when the leader went in, it attacked him. The 3 boy scouts called 911 to get help. […]
Great Values
Today the Occupational Therapist came to see my sister. She decided to try to do some cooking while staying completely off her broken leg as the doctor instructed. During the exercise, the therapist told us a little about himself. He and his wife are expecting their second child. Their older child is almost 2 years old. […]
Clarity and Wisdom
Last weekend, my dad started having issues with his heart. As he was monitoring his blood pressure, the pulse indicator showed an irregular heartbeat. He continued to check his pulse and it would go up to the 80’s then down to the 40’s, then back up again. My brother took him to the doctor on […]
To Know Someone
This morning my parents and I were talking about sleeping habits. My mother said when she was younger, she used to sleep with the radio on classical music all night long. When she was about to get married, she wondered how that was going to work out. She decided that she wouldn’t be able to […]
Phone Call and Mail
Today I was going to the post office to drop off a package and my dad said he had something to mail as well. He put together some information for my nephew who is interested in physics. They had a conversation about the subject last time they were together and my dad wanted to share […]
All About Physics
Recently my dad received a video course about Higgs boson, which according to Wikipedia is an “elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics.” My dad taught college physics for years. He has been watching the video course and reading the accompanying book and said that he needed to go back and review it […]
Still Finding God 