Waking to Music

I have been waking up to a screaming alarm for years. Probably nearly 20 now. For almost 7 years (I can't believe it has been that long!), my wife has been admonishing me to wake to music, as she ostensibly does with her alarm clock. About half of the time though, her radio turns on to some super obnoxious commercial or radio DJ that I find way more grating than an alarm buzzer. At least I can control what I hear, right?

So, after nearly 7 years I determined that she was right, but not entirely, and I went out and bought an alarm with a CD player. It was much more pleasant to wake to the tunes of my good friend, and Christian Rock artist Ben Glover (seriously check his stuff out he is great), than a buzzer, and I didn't immediately roll over and go back to sleep because I wanted to listen to the song.

With that in mind I want to say: Babe you were right.

Thank You

I just caught part of Saving Private Ryan on TV, this should be required for people to see in my opinion. Schindler's List also falls into that category with a couple of others.

After seeing the closing scenes I just wanted to say thank you again to all of our service men and women. I have lived and traveled abroad fairly extensively and we have the greatest nation in the world. It isn't perfect by any means, but it is the best. Thank you to all of you who pay the price for our freedom. Thank you to all of you who have lost loved ones. Thank you to all the mothers, and wives, and children and anyone else who I left out who worry about your hero everyday as they are deployed.

I know that my little thanks doesn't go very far, but from the bottom of my heart thank you.