Just to show you that this mistake thing can cut both ways . . . In the same way I was basking in the glow of new found “wealth” yesterday, today I am crying [sobbing] in the face of an oopsy that is kicking my butt. Appears a vendor thought that charging me twice was […]
Itsy bitsy mistakes
The insurance company made a tiny mistake . . . Got my insurance statement for my vehicles two weeks ago but only opened it today. I’d sat down to pay it, but came up short, quick-like. It was more than five times what it normally is. Now, I don’t know about you, but when what I […]
Redeemed
Life had treated him hard . . . Mid forties, but he looked mid sixties. Timid, shy, embarrassed. Hair a yellowish white, dirty looking even though he had just showered and shampooed. Clothes mismatched, a t-shirt that read “Harvard, the school of champions,” a simple wooded cross around his neck. Eyes continuously flickering from one focus […]
Stepping stones in my day
Those who crossed my path yesterday: A woman who’s been a crack addict for 20 years and seems to have finally gotten her life back on track. She’s discovered her 3 children who’d been given up for adoption years ago and was told they’d forgiven her. She was going to meet one of them for […]
Introducing G(i)FB(o)
Sounds like I’ve been leaning too heavily on the eggnog bowel, huh? G(i)FB(o) is how we pronouce “GFB .” So, why would we even want to try to pronouce “GFB?” Glad you asked! GFB is “Gospel for Brazil,” a non-profit organization that we’ve established to advance the work of the church in northerneastern Brasil, particularly […]