Today has been an interesting day. My wife Sierra is pulling a 12 hour shift at the hospital, so I started the day by going to a men’s breakfast at the Chenal Valley Baptist Church and listening to award winning Christian singer Dallas Holm. He sang a couple of his hits and then presented an uplifting message that encourages us to look for ways to show the love of Christ to people every day. I then came home and took a short nap before my parents came over. My dad is an excellent carpenter, and he helped me replace some bad boards on my deck. By saying “he helped me replace some bad boards,” what I really mean is that he replaced the boards while I played gopher, held things in place, and got him iced tea when he needed a break. We had a nice time together and they left. After that I watched the movie THE GREY starring Liam Neeson. It’s been a good day. Throughout the day, I’ve done things that seem meaningful to me. Life is wonderful when you do things you love and spend time with people you love.

John Denver’s classic song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is a song that makes me happy, and reminds me to make time for the meaningful things in life, the types of things I did today. Life is hard enough, but it always seems so much better when you’re surrounded by those people you love and doing the things that you love. Enjoy my friends!