It was a simple lunch with a dear friend, late enough in the afternoon to have a popular hangout almost completely to ourselves. When we get together – and this is always the case – minutes turn into hours and my family usually ends up checking to see if my suitcase is still in the closet. We tend to talk a lot. Yes, WE. Quit thinking it’s all my fault. Yesterday was no exception. The only thing different this time was the...

Looking for me? Feel like chatting? Then friend request me on facebook ’cause lately you’ll find me there a whole more than here. I’ll be back at some point. You know me, I can’t stay away from writing for too long. But until then… you know where to find me. Later.

Six weeks, six Sunday mornings we walked into the large, beautiful church building hoping that someone other than just the greeter would smile, say hello or just make us feel welcome in some small way. I had researched the churches in the area on the web. We had first narrowed down the ones we would visit to the three that struck a cord with us in some way. When push came to shove though there was only one we wanted to attend. And so we...

A few years ago, when my boys were young and MySpace and Facebook were just becoming popular, I signed up for both in order to keep an eye on them. I needed to know how they worked so that I would be able to protect my children online. It wasn’t just about getting all up in their business, I never even got involved in using them. Really, I just made sure I was acquainted enough with the new technology that I could setup guidelines for...