We want to send a big THANK YOU out to the cast (including Willie, the dog) and crew of Legally Blonde the Musical (currently at the DuPont Theatre in Wilmington, DE). They made a huge donation of food and toys for the DHA cats and dogs!
I want to say hello to all of the new eyes that have come across my blog and want to acknowledge to everyone that I have been gone or absent for a bit. However, after a little hiatus and a HUGE test, I am back and aching to pump some technology / nerd content for the lot of you guys and gals. What I really want to do is say how absolutely humble I am that almost 2k eyes have crossed my Posterous blog. I hope some of it has helped you in your travels and that perhaps you might find yourself back here some day. See you very soon.
Just a quick post with a big thanks to everyone who I have worked with over the past few. Its all been great. Mad, but great!
I have updated the portfolio on iowacruise.com with a few new shots. Some of which I couldn't have done without many of you guys (gurls). Check them out if you can spare a moment. Thankyou. Thankyou. Thankyou.
Gratitude. Thanksgiving. Just saying Thank You... is a powerful tool in human relations. Possibly the best one. Because this simple act is a 2-way street on delivery.
Whether you're the DELIVERER or the RECIPIENT ... the energy that flows is positive, uplifting, beneficial and building. This is a WIN-WIN-WIN.
So, do something for yourself and your fellowman today and everyday. Apply the simple, but powerful act of gratitude and thanksgiving, wrapped up in one simple statement: Thank You. Even if you've already said it.
A good turn cannot be over done... only not done enough.
Continue to read the Memoire de couer at our WordPress.com blog
memdecoeurIn the past while, I've noticed mentions of HikiCulture on various websites. I just noticed a mention of HC in this blog-post on Tumblr, which made me realize that it was due time for me to show my appreciation.
Thank you to everyone who has ever mentioned HC.
I use very little punctuatuion and actually very rarly spell check thats not becuase i don't care its becuase i want this blog to be as much my thoughts as possible and when i think i do not include cappital letters or piriods come on people who does anyways.
Oh well i wanted to start writing daily thinks gary spear did this on his blog and i thought what the heck i like the idea so here i go.
I am thankful for hair I know thats kind of strange but this morning as i was on facebook i saw that my mom has finnally started to loose her hair from the chemo. and i really started to think about how i will respond will my hair starts to fall out and for the time being i am glad i have hair that covers my strangly shaped head.
i am also thankful for Dr. Pepper i know another wierd thing but without it i would never get any work done ever. thank you Dr.
I am also thankful for the teens here at three chopt they constantly surprize me, i hear about the things that they are doing on their own free time and i realize how great these teens really are.
I am also thankful for an incredible online community of Youth ministers that allow me to vent when i need to vent and bost when i need to bost, so many people in this would don't and never will understand Youth ministers but one thing is for sure i have a community of friends thanks to twitter and facebook of people who help and can relate to my meainingless life.
as i contenue working on the 2010 youth budget and the december calendar that is completely crazy with little to no breaks rememeber me and prayer for me before i head to nashville for thanksgiving monday.
Coming from a few generations of soldiers, pilots, and seamen, I feel like my physical, personal, and professional existence is strangely intertwined with the military and their actions. This is not unique — many could tell similar stories, many more tragic — but I thought I would recount a few positive notes on this veteran's day.
My mom and dad met on a blind date set up by one of his pilot buddies in the Air Force. They would take the planes on the weekends (must be nice), in order to keep up their flight hours, and rocket across the country from Enid, Oklahoma to Atlanta, Georgia to see my mom and her college roomate.
My Grandmother's perserverance and grace was an immense influence on everyone in my family. This was brought on, in no small part, by her father — a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Empire — dying in battle in the Carpathian Mountains during World War I. She was an orphan at 7 years-old and sent to America to live with her Uncle. Later in life, she raised four boys while my Grandfather was fighting in the Pacific during World War II. Three of those boys went on to serve.
Her brother, who stayed in Czechoslovakia as a child, grew up to be a leader in the Prague resistance against the Nazis. He was betrayed by a colleague and was held in German concentration camps for five years during the war. His skills as an electrical engineer kept him from execution. He went on to escape five times and was recaptured four. His final escape was in Dresden during the infamous allied firebombing. I often show my children his picture and tell them, "There is a lot of talk about 'heroes' on TV and in the movies... this man... your uncle was the real thing. I knew him."
Both of my Grandfathers served during World War II. And I served in the Army Reserve for eight years during and after college. I felt an obligation to do so, but it was more of a "bucket list" thing for me. I never saw any combat, but the experience changed me for the better. I know that my mom would say that I'm not the same person I was before I was re-programmed my the United States Army. I know I didn't have the same work-ethic or perspective.
Thanks.
that's me kneeling in front at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma in 1989.
Too funny! @MrWasson: doyoumind not coming in the office dressed like that! thanks
