Last Sunday, we celebrated Father's Day in the USA. I never got to celebrate a Father's Day with my own dad, not counting when I was an infant of about five or six weeks old. I was reminded on Sunday of a paper I wrote for my college English class back in 2014. I decided I would like to share it with you. I had to edit it as it was too long for a blog post, but I hope you'll enjoy what … [Read more...]
Turning the Page
Several pages being turned and new chapters beginning here in the Klassen household lately. For example, last week I heard my husband murmur, “Time to turn the page,” referring to some changes he’s been making in his diet and exercise routine to improve his health and his physique. (He’s determined to look good in the Mr. Darcy costume I’m buying for him to wear during the Jane Austen … [Read more...]
Finding Beauty in Unexpected Places
Last weekend I went out to our patio and found a fun surprise sprouting and blooming in the very narrow sand lines between the bricks. Interspersed intermittently all along the bricks were these tiny, tenacious pansies. I'm not really sure where they came from, but as I pulled the weeds last night, I left these little beauties. Part of me wanted to know as I absorbed their beauty what had given … [Read more...]
Embrace Life
Yesterday was my birthday. One of those major milestone birthdays. Not sweet sixteen. A little older than twenty-one. Beyond the Big 4-0. You figure it out. As I stared in the mirror Tuesday morning, I wondered how it was that my mom was so old at this same age while I am so young. I wish she were alive so we could laugh about that together. But I imagine she's going to look at me when I … [Read more...]
Visiting Greenfield Village
On a recent trip to Rochester, Michigan, Joe and I visited Henry Ford's Greenfield Village—and loved it! Then again, I'm a sucker for anything historical. Greenfield Village is a huge outdoor museum spread across more than 80 acres that has a plethora of authentic historic structures. And it was a gorgeous spring day, which made the excursion all the more enjoyable. Henry Ford's Greenfield … [Read more...]
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