Fever in Town!

Drew Murfin from the band Fever Fever  Official Band Site!came to town with some really great people.  They came with a purpose to accomplish several tasks which they did successfully! We had a blast with them. It's fun to interact with so many awesome and fun people!

Merrilea's Surprise

Mumbai Airport 12:30am 15th January 2015 ;-) 

for Dad

In 2009 my dad died

I think it's about time I took a different view of his death and someone else's death helped me nail it on the head...

ESPN anchor Scott Stuart (d. Jan 4, 2015) said

When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live," he said. "So live. Live. Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you."

Apply it to the spiritual battles we have - that Dad had, and I think I found my mission in light of Dad's death.

I'm fighting it for you, Dad

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/stuart-scott-speech-2015-1#ixzz3NweBTb8C

Scenes of Christmas Past

Christmas from many years ago in Massachusetts

 

 Missing the snow!

 My 18th Birthday ;-) 

Christmas with cousins while the adults were around another table

The mantle as always...live evergreens

Fort in the back yard

 

Oh, how did this get in with the pics?!

 

Open our eyes to the real people around us

Social Media v Real Life

Great words. Now get off the computer and make a difference in someone's life!

Daughters

Last week @ NCF ... as my daughters were in Rajasthan and Lynchburg....  I got to share this...

Back in Kittanning...a run to Pittsuburg on New Year's Eve

 Watching the NYC ball drop in Times Square ... we were there in November!

Christmas in the Keys!

Thank you to all who came, planned, paid, cooked, setup,...and cleaned up!
An incredible blessing to be with you all.

in the back of Phil's pickkup!

Christmas Day: