According to all reports, Jaxon should make an appearance on March 2nd.  Morgen and Levi (his parents) are excited and as ready as they will ever be. Especially after today’s baby shower! Dozens of their family and friends and co-workers…

On Friday January 27th my daughter turns…..  Wait.  I better not actually say how old.  Someone may start calculating ages and I think that is best left unsaid.  But she IS celebrating a birthday, and it’s my job as her…

How many people does it take to successfully organize, register, and transport four Smails and assorted employees to the NADA convention?   The answer is:  Don’t know.  It’s never been done! At least not easily and successfully, not the first…

Sometimes it seems to me that when I am not feeling well, I have the weirdest dreams.  And there is no rhyme or reason to them. Such was the case last night. I woke up somewhere after midnight with the…

Be still, and know that I am God….  That is the beginning of Psalm 46:10.  It does not refer to staying in bed when you are sick, but it sure fit this last weekend. I have spend a lot of…

Fourteen years ago on January 21st we were waiting for a little bundle to arrive.  I had to work late and just barely walked into the hospital waiting room when little Autmn Rose Stairs Burke entered the world.  Her life…

My sister Kathy and I came to the conclusion a long time ago that we were the true ‘Mary and Martha’ sister-types.  She is by FAR Mary in every way.  She has the heart for ministering to others in any…

I can look outside my door as I sit here, and see the brown, dirty landscape.  In winter, it feels like everything has died and left us void of life and color. But the roots and seeds and sprouts of…

Kathy and I had a lovely couple of days visiting Mom and John.  We traveled up on Friday evening, and even with a traditional stop at Edinboro Walmart we were there before 7pm.  It was nice to get hugs all…

TODAY was beef day – something that has been a tradition in our family for most of the last 25 years.  My uncle (and now his grandson) raise beef cattle, and every fall we put our heads together to organize…