Archive for December, 2007

The hope of a New Year

Monday, December 31st, 2007

I don’t like New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t like the unreality of it– people getting an idea of who they want to be and thinking that they can become that person by making a list and tackling it all at once. That is not how it works and because of this misunderstanding many people fail [...]

Christmas this year

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

We have been doing a sibling/spouse Secret Santa gift exchange on my side of the family for a couple of years. It has worked really well and has provided the opportunity within my fairly large family to focus on one person. This year we have decided to make another change in our gift giving. Every [...]