WHAT ABOUT ABSTINENCE? I was holding a notice from my 13-year-old son’s school announcing a meeting to preview the new course in sexuality. Parents could examine the curriculum and take part in an actual lesson presented exactly as it would be given to the students. When I arrived at...
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What Matters Most
WHAT MATTERS MOST In the mid 1970’s, Ed Roberts created the world’s first commercially successful personal computer (PC). He hired a 19 year old named Bill Gates to write software for him. Roberts sold his computer business in 1977 and bought a farm. Seven years later, at age 41,...
Valentine’s Day
VALENTINE’S DAY A time of giving, remembering, loving. A time for friends, family, spouses. A time to stop …pause a moment… and look at the beauty that surrounds life. Look not only at the obvious beauty of the sun, sea and sky, but also at the magical beauty of...
Five Great Lessons
FIVE GREAT LESSONS 1 – Most Important Lesson During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans...
The Integrity of Ugly
THE INTEGRITY OF “UGLY” Everyone in the apartment complex that I that lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love. The combination of these things combined with a life spent outside...