It Starts With “L” Ends With “E”…
…and in between are “O” and “V.” It’s the time of year when hearts and cupids are prevalent, chick flicks and love songs fill the airwaves and we are surrounded by—perhaps inundated with—“Hallmark’s Season of Love.” And it got me thinking… How does one define love? We use the word in our daily conversation with little thought to the depth of its meaning. We write a letter and casually sign it, Love. Often out of habit, we use love to express our feelings, like...
Read MoreIs Telling The Truth Ever Optional? – Part II
…continued from my last post, with apologies for the length… I seldom read The Toronto Star; on the other hand, Doug devours it whenever he has opportunity to read a copy, especially the Friday and Saturday editions. Filling in time during a TV commercial, I took the front page of the January 11th Friday edition from his lap. The heading had caught my eye: “Spence resigns as plagiarism scandal widens.” Plagiarism: an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and...
Read MoreTruth is a Rare Thing – Part I
I love to write! It’s a passion that has grown over the past fifteen or twenty years, and my only regret is that it didn’t happen sooner. If my high school English teacher still had his feet on this earth’s soil and if he learned that I was a published author or that I’d dare make the statement that I love to write…well, Mr. Johnston would probably laugh outrageously! Why? Because it wasn’t my passion in school. Oh, I liked the mechanics of writing, the sentence structure,...
Read MoreRemembering and Looking Back
Guessing can be frustrating especially for the one doing the guessing, and especially when the answer is beyond one’s imagination! Well, guess anyway! What did I do yesterday? Give up? I think you should :~) Fighting a cold for 5 days (thankfully, not the flu!), I’ve spent far too much time in front of the TV. Yuk! What a waste of time…until yesterday! Are you ready for this?! I watched a replay of the 6th game of the 1992 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves....
Read MoreThe Love Behind the Gift
Have you been asked…dare I say…the infamous question, “What do you want for Christmas?” Did you respond like me, with a blank stare because you have absolutely no idea what you want because you don’t need anything? Unfortunately, suggesting something sensible, like a bottle of vitamins, just doesn’t cut it Funny enough, when I’m asked that question, it doesn’t take many minutes before I’m humming the little childhood jingle… All I want for Christmas is my two front...
Read MoreLove Never Melts
There’s a story told of little Johnny who, when drilled by his mother following his attendance at Sunday School, shared his understanding [or perhaps I should say his misunderstanding] of the Golden Rule. With all the confidence and clarity of an eight-year-old, he proudly recited the verse: “Do to others what others do to you!” Wow! Out of the mouths of babes! A child’s point of view, something we may excuse or even smile at. Yet, I can’t help wondering if the verse was simply...
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