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A question, posed in honesty, but all too often answered flippantly.  Well today I want you to take a moment and answer it for yourself.  I am going to also. I am thankful.  I'm thankful for the beauty each day brings.  For a wonderful wife, who hides the sun with her beauty, and shames the stars.  For three wonderful daughters who have been such an inspiration to me.  I'm thankful for a steady job in uncertain times, and caring people around me.  I'm thankful for my neighbors, who model true joy, and for my family.  For parents who instilled in me a sense of ethics, a moral code, and the intellect to know that 'because I said so' isn't a go

I was listening to the radio last night, waiting for the local baseball game to come on the air, and hear a song about it being 'just another day in paradise.'  It got me thinking, which music usually does, and I discovered that life really is a day in paradise, at least where I live.  Today, the sun is out, it's a sweltering 50 degrees or so, looking like it might hit 60.  There's so much I can be thankful for, and I'm glad.  Tonight, I think I'll try to create.  The thoughts of the last 24 hours may just see something beautiful in my mind, I'll see if I can't transfer it to paper.  Until then, good luck, God bless, and remember, someone thi

Today I turn 30.  I didn't think it would be as stressful as it is.  In many regards it's just like any other day; I have to work, My wife has to work, the kids have school, and people around me all have their lives going on.  But it's different.  Today is supposed to be special, if for no other reason than that today is my day, my one day a year when I can focus on the past year, goals for the coming year, and what I'm doing right now.  In the past year, I've done nothing; or at least nothing worth noting.  The people closest to me, who matter most, other than my wonderful wife and daughters, have moved.  It's hard to find those little perks