“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.” ~Michael Leunig (1945-), Australian poet & cartoonist It’s wedding week at the Vogt household. This Friday, July 20, my daughter marries a wonderful young man named David Baker. Amy Baker. It may take me a while to get used to that. My husband …
In Others’ Words: Choose
By Max Lucado, best-selling author & preacher “I Choose Love… No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves. I Choose Joy… I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical. I will refuse to see people as anything …
In Others’ Words: Rain
“Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” ~Roger Miller (1936-1992), American singer & songwriter My husband Rob and I went for a walk last night, which is one of our favorite things to do. Heavy grey clouds hung overhead. And as rain dotted our driveway, Rob ran back inside our house and grabbed our all-weather coats. A …
In Others’ Words: Plans
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” ~John Lennon (1940-1980), English musician, singer & songwriter If I told you what kind of life I’d planned for myself versus the life I’m living now … Wait. Let me do just that. Life I’d planned for myself: Single woman. Hotshot reporter for the Washington Post. Living in …
In Others’ Words: America
“The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.” ~Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States Celebrating America … and Americans. Happy Birthday to us! A friend sent this music video to me last week as an encouragement while my family waited out the Waldo Canyon Fire. It’s a perfect song for today! httpv://youtu.be/5JXWXhteJ30
In Others’ Words: Beauty in Unexpected Places
“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” ~Anne Frank (1929-1945), victim of the Holocaust Many of you know that my family evacuated our home last Tuesday when the Waldo Canyon Fire erupted in the Foothills several miles from our neighborhood. We packed our cars with some precious family items — photos, a few …
In Others’ Words: Heart
“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.” ~James Earl Jones (1931-), actor I call myself a wordsmith … and yet there are times I find myself at a loss for words. This is one of those times. On Tuesday I crammed a few belongings into my car and left my …
In Others’ Words: Trust
“Know that even in the midst of your worst circumstances, you can be still and calm and at peace … because God’s got you.” ~Source Unknown A monster of a wildfire forced my family from our home yesterday. I typed this blog sitting in one of my “adopted daughter’s”* living room, safe, but oh so aware that homes were burning …
In Others’ Words: Safety
“There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.” ~ Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), American general It’s been an interesting weekend. The Waldo Canyon Fire, which erupted west of Colorado Springs, disrupted our lives. Saturday night we went from voluntary evacuation status to mandatory evacuation status — and back again. Since then, we’ve been on alert. And yes, we’re still …
In Others’ Words: Criticism
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.” ~Jack Handey (1949-),American humorist So I posted this quote because it made me laugh out loud. Literally. And then I read it to my daughter, Amy, and her fiancé, David, and …