Our favorite son
I'd like to take a moment to talk about my son David. David is a man of rare gifts, and great accomplishments. Just look at his face. The face of a thinker. A warrior. A…
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A Letter from Dad
A year after Mom left us, I am finally getting around to going through the boxes of memories that she left for us. Most of the writings are in Mom's hand, but…
Happy 100th Anniversary, George and Laura
Today, October 31, 2019, marks the 100th wedding anniversary of my paternal grandparents, George and Laura Gardner. I don’t know much about the wedding, only that it was…
Bittersweet
Tomorrow is the day . . . the day I have been anticipating yet dreading. Tomorrow morning I will wake up just as I always do, get dressed, make coffee, spend time in the…
Madalynne …A Life Well Lived
“I don’t think Madalynne will be coming back with you.” Those were the words of our dear visiting nurse, as I told her that we would be leaving Michigan for the winter…
Another Bend in the Road
It’s been a while since I updated this blog, and our lives continue to change. But Our Father walks behind and before us, and knows each bend in the road. Just days…
Coming Home
Madalynne loved the big ten-foot-wide picture window that dominated the living room of the house where she had lived most of her life. Looking out now on the tidy row of…
Christmas Letter 2017
Welcome, all wonders in one night! Eternity shut in a span! Summer in Winter! Day in Night! Heaven in Earth and God in Man! Great little one whose all-embracing birth…
God's Answer
It started out as a regular evening as we arrived in Columbia, South Carolina on our way to attend a retirement party for our good friends in Port Wentworth, Georgia…
TFC Homecoming 2015-
The native culture called Toccoa Falls “the beautiful.” It is located on the campus of Toccoa Falls College, our alma mater, where we lived early in our marriage, in a…
Robbed but not Ruined
In our travels, we have found that the vast majority of the people we have met, including police officers, are pleasant, polite, interesting and helpful. For example…
Christmas Letter 2014
The Joyces have landed! Well, temporarily at least. After 21 months away from our house, we are now spending some time at home, which feels good. It seems very luxurious…
Remembering
A little over a year and a half ago, I wrote a very short blog entry entitled, “Faithful Servants” dated February 5, 2013. After retiring from my position as pastor of…
Small World
When we were in the Everglades earlier this year, we enjoyed attending the ranger-led talks. At one of these, the ranger asked that each of us tell what state we were…
Johnny and His Dog
Because we are letterboxers we often find ourselves wandering through a cemetery in search of a hidden letterbox. This is what we were doing on July 28, 2014 when we ran…
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