If you see sports highlights of last weekend’s football games, I’m guessing they won’t show any huddles. Oh, yeah, huddles are important. It’s where you get ready to play the game, but hey, it’s not where the points are scored that decide the game.
If you want to make our friend Linda happy, buy her a 500-piece puzzle. When you walk in her house, there’s usually one spread out over a table somewhere. Sometimes it’s all together; sometimes it’s a work in progress. And right close by, of course, there’s the top of the box.
Hey, there's good news if you're a religious person! Some recent research confirms that people that are actively religious tend to be physically healthier, emotionally healthier, and their children are less likely to get involved in destructive behaviors. Good news, huh? But it isn't all good news. See, the bad news for us religious people isn't from a survey. It's from the Bible.
My little son once told me, "Daddy, I don't think our family's normal." Ha-ha, I assured him we're not, and that's OK. Because normal is boring. Both our sons are neither normal or boring, but they sure are close. The bond that started when they were little is even stronger today. Our older son's vivid memory is from when his brother was new-born and sleeping in the same room. And he remembers going over to his little brother's crib in the middle of the night just to make sure he was OK. They're all grown up now, but you know, they're still looking after each other.
Some friends recommended that I stop at a unique museum near them. It features the life work of an amazing man, whose astonishing wood carvings became national treasurers. The guide said he explained how many of his masterpieces began this way, "I saw it in the wood." Well, everybody else just saw a piece of wood. He saw what that wood could become in his hands.
