When Diane and I first got married, we didn’t have a lot of money. We lived in a tiny house in Redondo Beach, California. Tiny, meaning 450 square feet. That was it. It’s what we could afford. It was a fixer-upper, and we saved rent by agreeing to do some repairs and restoration ourselves. We […]
Gratefulness
Imperfect Gratefulness
When I arrive at a hotel in the morning, the meeting room is usually set up and ready to go. Tables are in place and covered, audio-visual is set, chairs are arranged and coffee is brewing in the corner. A crew has come early in the morning to make it all happen. Then they disappear. […]
Why We Like Model Homes
Occasionally, my wife and I will walk through the model homes of a new housing development. It gives us the chance to do something we don’t do in normal life – walk in the front door of somebody else’s house without knocking, and wander around from room to room. I’m guessing that if we tried […]