Oh Nuts

When we hear the word joy we immediately think of something that made us very excited and happy. Or you could have thought of the little blue haired character from Pixar's "Inside Out." But what one thing that you might not think of when you hear the word joy is an acronym. Now after reading that last sentence you are probably wondering how there is an acronym in a three letter word. Well many years ago I saw the acronym written on a post it note and hung up in a bathroom and it has been something that has stuck with me since then. And the acronym for joy is: J esus, O thers, Y ourself...and it is something that we should try to follow out. While I might not be doing a good job of it, I have tried to follow it every day. Whether its, in the morning, afternoon, or evening, or even if you do it through out the day, we need to take some time out of our busy schedules each day for Jesus. While it might be hard at first and take time, just trying to take time out of...

The idea for this popped into my head one night while my family was praying the Rosary together and because we have a couple birds currently living inside the chimney of our house. It's not the greatest but let me know what you think. Birds in the fireplace. It's what they call their home From Spring until Fall. From darkness into light they fly. And from light to dark they return, Flying between walls of brick and stone. In their choice of nest, Birds in the fireplace are heard. Bickering back and forth They speak in a language all their own. Inside their home of darkness and soot, They speak while flying to and fro. Constant chatter and flying they use. Hardly stopping while in their nest. Day or night they fly about. Either sky high or or darkness and soot, Hardly slowing down as they do. At Summer's end they prepare. When the leaves start to fall, The birds prepare to move on. Soon the birds leave their fireplace home. As the weath...