Tag: relationships
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One of my favorite children’s stories, You Are Special by Max Lucado, tells the story of the Wemmicks, a group of small wooden people who spend their days sticking gold stars or gray dots on one another, indicating their admiration or disdain. The main character, Punchinello, receives only gray dots, no matter how tireless his efforts to…
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There’s no way I’d have been able to stand by silently and cheer with the crowd for clothes I could clearly see the emperor was not wearing. In that same vein, I refuse to acknowledge Valentine’s Day as anything beyond a commercialized event. Let’s call a spade a spade- the emperor was naked and Valentine’s…
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Like the late Rodney Dangerfield, Spam does not get any respect. As far as you may be concerned, it lives its life there in a can in your cupboard, just waiting for the day when you’re craving some sort of meat in your sandwich only to find nary a speck in your household. So you…