get a receipt and clear my debt. If I don’t have the full amount, I can offer to make payments – progress – if you will accept that. Whether or not you accept anything less than payment in full, depends entirely on your assessment...
I can’t but help look to my father and wonder if life will do to him what it’s doing to her. Will my children have to endure this fate with me? Nothing in life is safe. Nothing is guaranteed. I could die driving home. I could die choking on a french fry. I could have one ...
China's political centre, you can still feel its former glory once you are within the courtyard and surrounded by the high walls. Its long history has left behind a large amount of precious architecture and cultural relics, making it one of the most important cultural heritage in modern China...
It is more positive to control that which you have most control of rather than ending up in a compromise level struggle of no assured success at all times. However, I am ignoring here the possible strong disagreement on garden layout that can occur between spouses. Well, it can occur on ...
I’m sure at least some are comparable, but for the most part I barely notice them as requiring extra physical exertion: it’s where the trail goes, and thus I follow it. It’s so nice to be in thru-hiker shape. As you can see I’m at a bit of an elevation for that picture,...
It’s a responsibility I never asked for, it has held decisions I wish I never had to make, but damn…I wouldn’t change it. These kids represent the future of Haiti and it’s one of our biggest honors to fight for them so that they can become all that God intends for them. ...
When large institutional investors sell substantial portions of their holdings, it can increase supply in the market, driving down prices. Such moves may be triggered by portfoliorebalancingor reactions to market conditions. These visible transactions can instill fear among smaller investors, leading to...
This reality has women in Liberia worried. They know they have little power over men in the home, and even less in the bedroom. If a woman’s husband survives Ebola, leaves the ETU, returns home and wants to engage in unprotected sex, there’s little she can do aside from pray. One...
If my name is written in heaven, how can I rejoice over it unless I know it? These men were to rejoice that their names were already there, and the name of each one who is a child of God his name is there, sent on for registry before. A party of Americans a few years ago, ...
Life can involve a lot of stuff. And that stuff costs money and takes up room, and what if you don’t even use it for that long? Like a carpet scrubber! We love that The Chicago Tool Library makes the “stuff” of life accessible — without having to buy or store it. “It really...