Passion for Paraguay

This will be the title of my book.  Its been 20 years since that crazy journey. I still have my journal with information about the miles, towns, hotels, gas stations, coin exchange value and how much we paid for the trip.  I have been working on a book for a while. I am almost done.  A few weeks to go. It's the story of a trip I took back in 2002 from the USA to Paraguay in an old suburban truck. The book is written to inspire people to venture out into the unknown and chart a new territory.  Every stage in life gives us an opportunity to cross a new border we are crossing. These borders have names (jobs, careers, marriage, kids, faith, letting go, grieving, succeeding, failing, finding our deeper self. We tend to get settled, we lose the edge and the spirit of exploration.  In this book, I share about miracles on the longest highway on the planet, and how this trip would not have been possible without the prayers of our loved ones. It was a journey of faith. We...

If you missed the speech, president Zelenski spoke to the US congress this past week. He has become a héroe for many, and I am sure a foe to others. When I saw his speech, only a day  and hours before our Christmas holidays, I was moved, and I have to admit, teary eye. Thus writing this short article became important. The meaning of Christmas, is very conflicting to me during wartimes. The idea of not having electricity in the winter, let alone in a modern 2022 world, is also very primitive and middle age. And here someone is using the winter to cause harm on purpose to innocent civilians.  Zelenski said: We are constantly being attacked by missiles. When we hear the sirens, we get into our basements to save our life's from the Russian strikes. They  are attempting to shut Ukraine down, by destroying our cities and electric power plants. He paused for a moment and added: But there is one thing they will never shut out. That is the light within us,...