For the first time since I can remember, I'm finished my Christmas shopping almost two weeks before the day. I almost have to pinch myself to see if I'm really dreaming and will wake up to find it's really Christmas Eve at 6 p.m. and I haven't started yet.I actually did that one year. Left shopping till Christmas Eve. Not 6 p.m. mind you, but it might as well have been for all the selection the...
As some of you know, my eldest son is in Africa with his wife, helping a small clinic and school become more self sustaining. He's already rebuilt a couple of wells and showed them how they can repair them by themselves. When I asked him what he wants to accomplish after the two years he's over there, he replied "I want to be not needed." A worthy goal that makes me proud.Meanwhile, back on the...