Missing “the norm”

Well, last night we went to a mall to just walk around and eat some good old North American Fast Food.  Yum…no, not really.  We had Burger King, and I was sorely disappointed.  After we ate, we decided to walk around some, so we went into a store that could be compared to some department [...]

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10 Years Later…

So, it was just over ten years ago, September 15, 1998, that I first asked Alison on a date – more specifically to our high school homecoming. On the 15th, I wrote Alison’s parents to thank them for taking a chance on me as they permitted a senior guy (me) to date their freshman daughter. [...]

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Renewing My Spirit

I felt the need to write tonight to Praise God for his new mercies each day.  I have experienced this today through our 15 month old (who I will soon not be calling 15, but 16 months old…how does a month go by so fast?).
For those that knew me as a small child (well, even [...]

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Independence Day!

So, September 15th is Costa Rica’s Independence Day.  It wasn’t quite the 4th of July Celebration that some of us are used to, but we had a good time.  They have several different things that go on.  Parades for one.  Costa Rica does not have an actual military (I’m not sure about all of the [...]

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Yes, We’re Alive!

Oh my goodness, we have so much to catch up on in the blogging world!  I am slightly overwhelmed.  I’m so sorry for my absence lately.  Basically it boils down to the fact that we still don’t have internet in our own home, so blogging has been the last priority as far as internet time [...]

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