Ever since I was little, I have always been Pro adoption. Recently Denise and I decided to put this into action. I have to admit, I am very nervous but also very excited as well!
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Adoption
Posted in Life, Ranch Life on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Top 10 reasons people don’t give blood
Posted in Gifts, Health, Life on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I used reason #1 for 35 years. Once I gave blood the first time, no more fear! I don’t like needles / I am scared of needles / I am afraid to give blood Nearly everyone feels that way at first. However, most donors will tell you that you feel only a slight initial pinch, [...]
Top 10 reasons to give blood
Posted in Gifts, Health, Life on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You will get free juice and cookies. You will weigh less — one pint less when you leave than when you came in. It’s easy and convenient — it only takes about an hour and you can make the donation at a donor center, or at one of the many Red Cross mobile blood drives. [...]
Donate blood
Posted in Gifts, Life on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the end of last year I made a new years resolution to donate blood in 2010. I finally got the courage to do it at the end of February. Since then, I have donated blood every 2 months. I was amazed that a pint of blood does so much good. Here are some of [...]
Afraid
Posted in Devotion, Life on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am afraid of… Starting new things and failing, being rejected, breaking bones or surgery Things I try to avoid… Confrontation, being at home by myself I am about to start the Love Dare book. It is a 40 day journey into loving my wife in practical ways
Zoma
Posted in Compassion, Life on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A guest speaker was at church tonight. She spoke on taking care of the poor. She shared a statistic that 14% of Christians are involved in caring for the poor. The harder fact to that statistic is that the other 86% of Christians aren’t involved. They showed a couple videos of Compassion International children in [...]
O Positive
Posted in Health, Life on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A month ago I gave a pint of blood. It took me 34 years and a New Year’s Resolution to get the courage to give blood. I got my blood donors card in the mail today. My blood type is O Positive. From what I have read, O+ is a universal blood type. That’s a [...]
Struggling
Posted in Hobbies, Life on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am about half way through my Lenten coin fast. The first couple weeks were very eye opening in seeing how much time I spent on coin collecting. I really had a peace in the second week as most of my desire for searching for coins died down. This week has been a big challenge [...]
Taxes
Posted in Life, Music on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We got our tax return this week, woohoo!! We have been putting off doing car maintenance. We got new tires on the Camry, the turning light repaired in the Camry and we are getting the turning light fixed on the Prizm tomorrow. Still have to get brakes looked at and need a belt replaced in [...]
Blood
Posted in Health, Life on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I made a new years resolution for 2009 to donate blood. I did it today! I have always had a phobia for needles, so I have never even thought of giving blood. Last year I had to get my blood tested because of a strong medication I was taking. So for 7 months, I got [...]
