For Wilshire Baptist Church
The brochure said the hike to the Merced Sequoia Grove was 1.5 miles. No problem for us; just a walk in the woods. So we set out and walked a good long ways and thought we were almost there until we came to a sign that pointed to the grove, and that is where the 1.5 miles began. Continue reading “Are We There Yet?”
For Wilshire Baptist Church
It’s one of my favorite and most vivid early memories: The handlebars quit gyrating, the front wheel quit wobbling, and I felt the glorious magic of perfect balance on a bicycle. Continue reading “Perfect Balance”
For Wilshire Baptist Church
“I spent my 30s fixing the mistakes I made in my 20s, and my 40s doing what I should have done in my 30s.”
It was a throwaway line for laughs by Steve Harvey on a rerun of Family Feud, but I found it oddly profound and intensely realistic. Who among us is doing exactly what we thought we’d be doing? Who is playing catch-up on their hopes and dreams? Continue reading “Playing Catch-up”
