Fall Colors

I didn't take this picture(credit: lowfly.net), but I wanted to post it for the nice Fall colors. And the jet.

Won't be posting many of my own pictures for awhile here since I just realized that although I managed to keep my camera out of the household goods shipment, I failed to do so with the battery charger or the USB cord. Oh well.

Cheers,

Tim

Rubber Neck or Bleeding Heart?

Why, when you hear about a tragedy, do you feel the need to turn and stare? Is my desire to help those hurting and grieving or do I just want to be close to the action?

The 16 Community has suffered some major losses in just the past month and they sting all the more because they are a part of our AF community. While I feel a little like I'm paying too much attention to someone else's drama, my heart aches for these families and I will continue to pray for them. What else can we do?

There was a crash at Shaw AFB (in South Carolina) and one pilot has not been found. Really, this is every spouse's greatest fear (its mine, at least). Last night Tim came to bed telling me that he had just heard about the saddest story. Just a few hours after giving birth to her second child, a mother passed away. This makes TWO moms that we know of that have passed within the past month. And just after bringing their babies into the world. TWO!!!

Instead of rubber necking and learning all of the gory details, I will hug my family just a little tighter and I will be ever so thankful for all of the blessings in my life. And in an odd way, I will grieve for those who must now raise a family without their partner. My heart aches for you.

Sign on the line?

Sign on the line?
Originally uploaded by spauldingtj

Ollie is trying to write letters these days. "O" is natural enough, but the rest are a bit of a challenge. He did apparently manage to get all of the letters for "Ollie" down on the page the other day though. $5 to the first person who can find them all! (and no, the example doesn't count).

Capitalism and financial crashes: newyorker.com

Non-standard for the blog, but here's a really good article from the New Yorker, describing the way in which rational people, acting rationally, can produce terrible results. Perhaps a good phenomenon to keep in the cross check when tempted with the desire to 'let the market work it out.'

Capitalism and financial crashes: newyorker.com

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