Yesterday, as I was flying home from Seattle, I started thinking about my life and about being a parent for more than 50 years, a grandfather for nearly 30 years, and a great grandfather for 6+ years. Somewhere while sitting in the wild blue yonder, I thought to myself, “Wow! With all this experience I…

The other day I was attending church, and a woman gave a talk about the small things of life that can make such a significant difference to us and others.  She shared little ditties that we are all familiar with and believe in, such as: be still my soul, take time to smell the roses,…

Ever since Standing Tiger started school as a cub, he dreamed of being like the other tigers in his class and having them like him. It didn’t take long for these cubs to notice that he was different, but that shouldn’t stop him from making friends, should it? He was facing a difficult challenge of…

I had to really think hard about this question and add a personal caveat which is that in 75 years of my earthly existence I have not been on many vacations, so I don’t remember ever experiencing a bad one. I racked my brain until I got a headache from thinking so hard (not really…

A short time ago, my son Peter and I went to the Black Bear Diner for breakfast. It was a beautiful Saturday morning, and we were preparing to go up to my wife’s family cabin which is up above Oakley, Utah.​​​As we were waiting to be served a young father (probably in his mid-twenties) and his…