“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you” Frank Lloyd Wright Nature is a reminder that there is always a new day, and that we can put the sadness and sorrows of yesterday behind us and look towards a new day, a new tomorrow, thanks to our Creator. I am…
June 11: Chicago skyline
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react” Charles R. Swindon I have made the decision the embrace life, no matter. This has been a culmination of a number of years of semi midlife crisis, followed by an empty nest. Anyway, I have chosen to find gratitude in what I can,…
June 13: Blessings in the sunrise
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings” Eric Hoffer I couldn’t sleep last night on the plane so opened my blind to see if there was anything nice to see and I was blessed with the most beautiful lightening storm on the horizon, and then a couple of…
June 12: Waiting in Frankfurt
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy” Saadi If nothing else today I have had to be patient, with a 12 hour layover. I am in a rush to get to SA, but also anxious of how I am going to feel when I am there…and I am on a roller coaster…
June 10: Cold water survival
“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow”. Anthony J. D’Angelo Spent the day in Chicago learning all things safety in freezing cold water…God willing, I will not have to practice my new knowledge. It was pretty awesome to learn new safety techniques, and how to put on an…