Things that bug me...

I haven't purchased a car in quite awhile so maybe you can help me out.

Are turn signals an optional feature now?

I once again find myself asking the question, "Are we too connected?"

Last night I was checking Facebook to see what my "friends" had been up to during the day and I came across an update that informed all that a family member had died the afternoon before.

Now, I wasn't close to this family member any longer. They live in California and I haven't seen them since I was a little girl but that's not the point. The point is, what if this had been someone close to me? What if someone right here in town was in an accident and their friends or family found out about it before I did and posted it on FB? How would you feel finding out that way?

Maybe I shouldn't be asking if we are too connected but if we are too insensitive to others' feelings (or too self-centered to realize other's feelings)?

Oh beautiful...

...For purple mountains majesty...

I recently traveled to eastern Tennessee through the Blue Ridge Mountains to the place I spent four years of my life.

This was the view that I was lucky enough to have while I trudged my way to classes day in and day out. It was hard to be glum in the midst of such beauty. In fact the very act of looking up always felt like prayer, praises to the Creator for the beauty in the world and gratefulness for another day in awe of His gifts.

I still feel that way when I see the crocus in the spring or the evening sun reflecting off the water. And I pray that I never lose the wonder.