Janet's Blog

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. Martin Luther King, Jr. A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17 Love is not here today and gone tomorrow. Love is not just a feeling , it’s an action. Love’s name is spelled J-E-S-U-S.   Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.   John 15:13 Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.   John Lennon Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.   Proverbs 4:23 Dear friends, let us love one another,   for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God   and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4: 7-8 Love is a friendship set to music. Joseph Campbell The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.   Elie Wiesel Love is all or love is not at all. Love is sharing the future ...

I'm usually the last one to go to bed. But it hasn't always been this way. Before Bill and I had kids, we watched the late news on television, and then turned in for the night. But after our first baby arrived, things changed. Sometimes, Erin needed to be fed or was fussy or, more likely, she just didn't want to go to sleep because she might miss something. When Meagan arrived a few years later, she was a much better sleeper, but I don't think Erin has ever gotten past her night owl tendencies. And neither have I. I've read recently that introverts, like me, need some alone time to recharge their batteries. Over the years, as my life has gotten busier, my only chance to be alone comes late in the evening, after everyone else is in bed. That's when I usually write my blog, or read a good book, or watch a TV program of my own choosing, without interruption. For the last several months, I find myself waiting until 11:00, or a little later, for Victoria to get...

Unbiased truth in news reports seems to be a thing of the past. I have been monitoring the various news sources available online, and I don't like what I see. It's almost as if I'm reading about two different events when I'm actually reading two, or more, skewed interpretations of the very same thing. You know what I'm talking about: left versus right, Republican versus Democrat, rich versus poor, black versus white, pro-choice versus pro-life, gay versus straight, Christian versus atheist, even conservative Christian versus liberal Christian. And, when I read online reports, I can scan through some of the comments that have been written by interested readers, and that's where the real conflict continues, over and over, and over again. It's obvious that our nation has become hatefully polarized. The thing that disturbs me the most, though, is this: the constant bickering of Christians versus atheists, and even conservative Christians versus those who a...