Monthly Archives: February 2010

February 18th: Three cool things in one day

February 19, 2010 in Missions by michael
This afternoon I drove down the canyon to the offices of the Provo Daily Herald to have my picture taken.  They’re doing an article on the  5th annual Celebrity Arts Gala  “An Evening of Stars” which will be held at the Scera Center  this Saturday, and I’m receiving an award. There’s no humble way of saying [...]

February 17th: Joy in the journey to excellence

February 18, 2010 in Missions by michael
This morning was the sixth and final session of the class I’ve been taking from Emma Lou Thayne entitled WE ARE OUR STORIES.   Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:00 won’t be the same.  I’ll miss those gatherings at the commander’s house at Fort Douglas with a dozen other students being inspired, tutored, encouraged and challenged to [...]

February 16th: Simmering a new idea

February 16, 2010 in Missions by michael
Feeling better today. In fact,  I felt a surge of enthusiasm for life that was probably a result of my 4 day headache finally deciding I’d been tortured enough.  It really DOES feel great when that pounding stops.  It helped that it was GORGEOUS outside.  Everything looked better, felt better, tasted better, WAS better.  Then [...]

February 15th: Singing a sick man to sleep

February 16, 2010 in Missions by michael
There’s an old joke about a guy who keeps banging his head agaist the wall and when he’s asked why he says, “because it feels so good when I stop”.  Today I’ve been in bed trying to sleep off a headache that’s been reluctant to leave.   Grateful it was a holiday but disappointed I wasn’t [...]

February 14th: They say they make JOY

February 14, 2010 in Missions by michael
Valentine’s Day is a lousy day to be sick.  It’s even lousier when your Valentine is sick…and LOUSIEST when your grandson who is spending the weekend is sick.  We’ve all been moping around, coughing, sneezing, waiting for fevers to break, chicken soup sipping, napping, pill taking, medicine guzzling all day long.  It hasn’t been pretty.  [...]

February 13th: Valentine’s Eve: Lucky, Happy Me

February 13, 2010 in Missions by michael
I’ve never thought about Valentine’s Eve as one of the big “eve” holidays, like Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve.  But things changed for me today because I fell in love with my wife again for the umpteenth time on Valentine’s Eve.  Today I caught a peek or her and Bucky making breadsticks in the [...]

February 12th: Olympics

February 13, 2010 in Missions by michael
I’d forgotten it was tonight.  Luckily in the nick of time I hit record on the DVR and the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games were saved.  Eight years ago Lynne and I were fortunate enough to get tickets to the opening ceremonies of the Salt Lake City Olympics and it was the [...]

February 11th:

February 11, 2010 in Missions by michael
At about 12:43 pm it was my turn.  The chapel was full and the family and friends were taking turns dealing with the waves of emotion that flood a memorial service for a twenty-seven year old husband, father, son, brother, friend.  I thought I could get through my part of the service if I didn’t [...]

February 10th: Naming the Lobsters

February 10, 2010 in Missions by michael
The Lobster Tank at Red Lobster is AWESOME!!!!  Bucky  (my three and a half year old grandson) and I spent about 10 minutes naming the lobsters while we were waiting for the rest of our party to arrive.  I gave them random names like Larry and George. But Bucky named them after family.  The smallest [...]

February 9th: My own bed

February 10, 2010 in Missions by michael
After returning from a week on the road there’s nothing quite like plopping into your own bed. I love it.  It’s not that I have anything against hotel beds, or guest beds, hide-a-beds, aero beds or even motorhome beds (though I’ve never been crazy about cots).  I can sleep anywhere.  It’s just not the same [...]