Simple Joys

Joy can be elusive, but also something we don’t need to seek to find. Odd isn’t it? Sometimes it’s easier to find joy when we aren’t looking. Today was one of those days.

As a child having people wave to me while riding in a car brought a sense of personal accomplishment. It was a simple thing really: I succeeded if they waved and would try more sincerely if they didn’t. Testing what worked the best, I would use my hand or my various stuffed animals to wave to passing strangers. My little stuffed dog Spike was my personal favorite waving tool – he almost always got a response.

While on school bus trips we

Amber Alert

There is always music in my world. iPod, iTunes, radio, CD, singing, or whistling. Whatever it takes. But tonight, on my way to the bible study I lead, my normal radio station was taken over by a blaring noise. First the loud, annoying beeping most Americans have become used to over the years – the emergency broadcast system doing its test. So I thought.

Then the static started. And then the voice. State police announcing an Amber Alert after local police reported it to them. Two children abducted.

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