This little ring

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
-Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)

When daddy was a little boy...

Autumn likes to ask me about my ring. Every time she thinks of it, she'll start quizzing me with times I might take it off.

"Do you take your ring off in the Shower, Daddy?"

"Do you take it off when you go to bed?"

"Do you take it off when you wash your hands?"

Today she wanted to know if I wore my ring when I was a little boy. I told her that I didn't have a ring when I was a little boy. I only got this ring after I met Mummy. Mummy helped me pick it out. I said that Mummy has one just like it.

I don't understand how life can feel so complete and unfulfilled at the same time.

All I can fathom is - right mate, wrong time.

-len

The Host

I finished a book tonight called "The Host"

It was a remarkable book, and made me see a little bit of hope that I've been missing in my own life. I also watched a new show called "the world's strictest parents" - which I found very eye opening. This week it stuck two Aussie brats in a Pastor's home, somewhere in the bible belt (in the states).. Funny thing was, that home seemed awful familiar. It's the kind of home I scoffed at growing up for being ignorant and just over the top.

But a funny thing happened. I started longing to be there, as I watched. I began to miss the safety and structure. The opportunity to share and do things with one another. To live and love and listen. As sappy as it all seems, I think we all must need a little of that.

I reckon we could all use a little Faith, Hope and Love. Somehow I've extinguished all three.

-len

Where's the leadership?

Authority is a poor substitute for leadership.
-Luther, John

When he tells you, "I love you more than life itself," make sure he's not saying he'd rather be married to you than have a life.
-King, John Alejandro

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
-Bierce, Ambrose