Day of Rest - Then and Now

I've decided to start a new thing on Sundays -- I'm going to show you some "then and now" pictures of my loved ones. Feel free to submit your own by e-mail -- I'd love it!

Today these are favorite shots of our older son Michael - then and now. Then is Thanksgiving at our house around 1978, with his Aunt Yolanda next to him. Now is Christmas at Grandma's house. Not much has changed, huh? Still loving that turkey leg, still right-handed ... thankfully more teeth.

When I talked to Michael on Saturday, and asked him what he'd like to share with the readers, he asked me to share the Serenity Prayer. So here it is:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right

if I surrender to His Will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely happy with Him

Forever in the next.

Amen.

A good word! Thanks, Mike!