Blogs categorized 'life'


  • "You may NOT lick your dinner plate, but you MAY lick your dessert plate."

    I am a classic firstborn in many ways. I like knowing what is expected and rules are one way of communicating expectations. When we check into a RV park or campground, we always get a list of rules and expectations that I usually read. Every culture has many spoken and unspoken rules. What fascinates me the most, though are the posted rules.

    I have a theory that most rules are a response to one person breaking another perso

    read more...

    1 Comment

  • Three Kinds of States

    Posted by  J Tower on Thursday, October 2, 2014

    So far on this trip we have visited 17 different states. Some we have visited for days, some for hours, and some for just minutes.

    As we've scheduled our trip, we've seen that we have to be selective about where we spend our time. One year just isn't long enough to see it all. However, we have noticed that a pattern has emerged. Our experience with each state seems to fit into one of three different categories: states we lived in, states we visited, and states we drove through. Below are my thou

    read more...

    0 Comments

  • “IT’S NOT FAIR!”

    Posted by  Brooke Tower on Tuesday, September 30, 2014

    "IT'S NOT FAIR!"

    I wonder if there is a parent alive who hasn't heard this phrase countless times. Especially when their child has one or more siblings. I remember saying this phrase while I was growing up, hoping that it would bring about the "justice" that I hoped for, usually in relation to something my sister had or didn't have to do.

    And my dad's annoying and wise response was, "Well, Brooke, life's not fair. And you should be glad it's not."

    I knew, of course, that life in the world wasn't f

    read more...

    2 Comments