True Normal

     "As an orthopedic surgeon, he treated many patients with deformities, and his daily encounters reminded him that normal had very little to do with the way one's bones were shaped. It had a lot more to do with the heart."

     ~ Eric Wilson & Theresa Preston

(October Baby by Eric Wilson and Theresa Preston, page 67)

The Patriot Who Acknowledges God

     "The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty Direction."

     ~ Francis Scott Key

Good Lies

     "Like all good lies, the story contained a lot of truth."

     ~ Anthony Horowitz

True American Patriotism

     "Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics."
   ~ General George Washington

Everything I Need

I asked for strength and

God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom and

God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity and

God gave me brawn and brains to work.

I asked for courage and

God gave me dangers to overcome.

I asked for patience and

God placed me in situations where I was forced to wait.

I asked for love and

God gave me troubled people to help.

I asked for favors and

God gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted.

I received everything I needed.

My prayers have all been answered.

~ Author Unknown

Blessed Beyond Measure

When I look at this world

And see lives filled with hurt,

I remember 

All the pain I've never felt.

I wonder God, why not me?

My life has been so easy.

I'm no better, I know,

It's simply grace You chose to show.

I've been blessed 

By the hand of God,

And though I fail, He blesses anyhow.

There are no words to tell

Just how good God has been.

I've been blessed, so blessed,

I'm blessed beyond measure.

When I look at my life

My children and my wife,

I'm so thankful

For all He has given me.

I wonder God, why me?

I don't deserve such blessing.

I'm no better, I know,

It's simply grace You chose to show.

I've been blessed
By the hand of God
And though I fail, He blesses anyhow.
There are no words to tell
Just how good God has been.
I've been blessed, so blessed,
I'm blessed beyond measure.

Lord, as the years of time roll on and on,
To each promise You've been true.
But the greatest blessing in my life
Is to spend each day with You.


I've been blessed
By the hand of God
And though I fail, He blesses anyhow.
There are no words to tell
Just how good God has been.
I've been blessed, so blessed,
I'm blessed beyond measure.

I've been blessed,
Abundantly blessed,
Beyond measure.

Cheer Up, Boys!

"Cheer up, 'tis no use to be glum, boys, -
'Tis written, since fighting begun,
That sometimes we fight and we conquer,
And sometimes we fight and we run."

~ Old Pierre

(From "The Chronicle of the Drum" [part 1] by William Makepeace Thackeray)