Welcome to Our Home, Joyful!

Joyful is the one on the left. She's a pretty 3-5 year old black cat with luxurient long fur and sparkling green eyes. Gail is the one on the right. Gail and her mother, Laverne, brought Joyful to me after a search for a new human Mom--that would be me. Joyful's previous Mom died unexpectantly, so Gail and her Mom set about caring for Joyful until they could find a new home. Never once did they consider taking her to the pound or any place else where she might not have a future.

Thanks be to God for good people who love animals. It's been lonely since Stretch died, and now Joyful and I can both be...well, Joyful!

It's Over and We Awaken to a New World

Election 2008 is in the books.

Barack Obama is now the President-elect of the United States of America. What a journey he has made! And we will have a young, vibrant First Family to inspire continuous participation especially among young people. Barack was elected by the young people with a little help from their voting elders. It is a joy to see new life in people's faces reflecting new hopes and dreams for our nation.

Thank you, Senator John McCain! You are an American hero, and you are a gracious man, a statesman, to have conceded so magnanimously. I pray that your work in the senate will continue to be for the good of our country. I can imagine an Obama-Biden adminstration with you in a prominent cabinet position. And it would be magnanimous and smart of our new administration to use your talents to our country's best advantage.

On a personal note, I am disappointed and frankly hurt, that anti-gay marriage constitutional amendments have been added to the constitutions of Arizona, California and Florida. I almost expected it in Arizona and Florida, but I was appalled that California mustered enough deluded "Christians" to pass a blatantly discriminatory admendment. What will become of the marriages of over 18,000 couples who are married in the state of California since the California Supreme Court ruled that marriage was a right for gay couples as well as straight couples?

It must break the heart of God to see such vitriole from His children in the name of Jesus Christ who taught us to love one another. Discrimation is not a Christian value.