Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to “recommend to the people of the United States [...]

My least favorite thing about Christmas is that everyone expects gifts.  The same thing goes with birthdays.  You’ve lived another year and so you expect people to give you gifts.  At least with Christmas you are expected to also give gifts.  Expected.  Expected. It is the whole expectation thing – giving and receiving – that [...]

1. Clothing Exchange: Every year my community has a clothing exchange. This is where everyone drops off their used clothing. Clothes that don’t fit them or their kids or just never looked good on them, but would look great on someone else. Some wonderful individuals organize the clothes by size and gender and then at [...]

The most popular toy this year is by far the Zhu Zhu pets – they look like hamsters with wheels and when their noses hit a wall they say something funny and then turn a different direction.  You can get hamster balls or cars they can push or blankets to snuggle them in. Anyway, I [...]

While trick-or-treating Saturday night my son, Joshua, appeared to be in a daze.  He went down to his room to change his clothes and didn’t come back up.  My wife found him sitting on his bed staring straight ahead.  He didn’t notice her come in and jumped when he finally noticed her standing next to [...]