Every Sunday, the person doing the announcements at church asks "Are there any birthdays or anniversaries, this past week or this coming week?", and if there are, we have those people stand & we all sing 'Happy birthday' to them. Today, when that question was asked, I couldn't help thinking, tomorrow my brother would have been 27 years old. Me or my mother used to announce his birthday, even though he lived out of state, because many people at church knew him...... but I didn't last year, and I didn't today. I know where my brother is, and that gives me peace...... but it's days like this that are hard. I saw a display at Hannaford of the new Bob Marley cd.... normally I would've sent that down to him for his birthday, since he can't get Bob Marley cds in South Carolina....... I would've called him to say 'happy birthday'....... but instead, it will just be another day. It's little things like that that are hard to de
If the world were a bag of mixed nuts, I would be a hazelnut. I don't have a good reason for that conclusion. Nevertheless, below are the thoughts of a self-described hazelnut.