Yes, we all remember 9/11. I do not want to diminish how we speak of it and remember that horrible day and the many unfortunate things that came out of it. But I remember everything, no matter what. I remember my the date of my parent’s wedding anniversary, old boyfriend’s birthdays, the dates my pets […]
Reframing September: Peace, Chocolate, Generations and Museums
I in no way desire to diminish the remembrances that so many people observe this month related to the sad day of the 11th of September. I try to re-frame as many sad events as possible in order to live as positive life as I can. So if you, like me, want some fun things […]
Wordless Wednesday: Winona Lake Bible Conference 1915
I woke up feeling a bit down in the dumps today. Sometimes I become a homesick for times and places to which I once had connections. Today I decided to take a trip down memory lane via the digital collections of the National Archives. Ssarching for images of geographic locations in Indiana I ran across […]
Everything Old Is New Again… Like Measles. Part 3
ONCE A COMMON DANGER When I was young measles was one of the “childhood diseases” that every person seemed to get sooner or later. For me it was later and I remember having a very nasty couple of weeks with it in the 7th or 8th grade. There was a distinct scent associated with the […]
Everything Old Is New Again…Like Measles. Part 2
The current outbreak of measles in a Texas community unfortunately illustrates where group-think based in ignorance, power over children to the detriment of those children, and ridicule of non-believers that keeps members in check can lead. I wrote about this yesterday in conjunction with Shot@Life, an international campaign to vaccinate and immunize the world’s children. […]
Everything Old Is New Again…Like Measles. Part 1
I’m writing this as a reminder to myself and others about what we as a people, as humanity, know, and what we should act upon. This post started out as a rant, but the rant will be in Part 2 as tomorrow’s post, and the action item is today’s post. The outbreak of measles in […]