Man who Forgot His Wife 6 Hours
An August 2005 story from Reuters News told about a man who stopped at a gas station in Italy. When his wife got out for the restroom without him noticing, …
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Political Quote
I once heard a boastful political candidate claim he was going to help his opponent “spend more time with his family.” Obviously he was referring to the line found in …
Read More Work and Family
What do you pour yourself into more- your work or your family? For most men in today’s society the answer is undoubtedly our work. That’s where the creative energy is …
Read More Indespensible People
Have you ever known someone who was totally indispensable in the workplace- or at least that’s what they thought. They felt the whole enterprise would come to a crashing halt …
Read More High School Reunion
Last week I attended my 25th high school reunion. It was originally supposed to be a big shebang at a downtown hotel, but when only a handful of the 700 …
Read More First Year of Marriage
In Duet. 24:5, God gave a commandment that after taking a wife, a husband was to be excused from work and military duty for one year simply to be with …
Read More Businessman and Fisherman
A retired businessman met a fisherman returning from the sea early one morning and asked, “Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish? He replied, “I have enough …
Read More Four Seasons of Life
FOUR SEASONS Someone made the observation that just as there are four seasons of the year, so there are four seasons of life. First, we are children to our parents. …
Read More Going to Funerals
Baseball player and philosopher Yogi Berra said, “Always go to other peoples’ funerals, otherwise they won’t go to yours.” Yogi’s quote raises an important question. Who is going to be …
Read More What Only You Can Do
An evangelist said he used to think every invitation to speak had to be the will of God, until one day he got two invitations for the same date. With …
Read More Creating Memories
What means more to a child, the things you give them or the time you spend with them? To answer that question I want to do a little experiment. Get …
Read More Who Will be Crying at your Funeral?
Who will be crying at your funeral? That’s a question that author Patrick Morley, began asking himself. Morley and his wife were successful in their business. Their schedules were filled …
Read More Sabbaticals
You know you’ve been spending too much time at the office when the only way you recognize your kids is from their pictures on your desk at work. If that …
Read More Wilderness Parks
The loudest insect in the world is the male cicada, which is a little creature similar to a cricket. When they rub their abdomens, the sound can be heard 1300 …
Read More Beginning a Family
A mother sea horse lays her eggs but then it is the father sea horse that carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch. For some ladies who have …
Read More Children as Teachers
As my family and I travel doing seminars we often have the same conversation each night, just with different people. Since we have eight children, the oldest being 12 years …
Read More Juvenile Delinquent Elephants
A few years ago, South Africa’s Pilanesberg Wildlife Park was having a problem with juvenile delinquents killing their rhinos and harassing tourists. But they weren’t ordinary juveniles. They were young …
Read More Mother of Nine
A mother of nine children wrote: “If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, I am a housekeeper, not a homemaker. If I only …
Read More Working from Home
Working out of the home can be a great time saver. The advantages are numerous, including zero commuting time and a being much more available to your children. The ability …
Read More Wife’s Favorite Flower
Bob and his wife were attending a marriage seminar when to the instructor said: “It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other. …
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