A view about manhood

Lately, here in Lawrence, it seems like there is road construction everywhere. The problem is getting across the Kansas River from either direction. My problem is that anytime I need to get anywhere from work it is on the other side of the river. The city of Lawrence has been working on North 2nd St since last fall. This is one of the roughest riding intersections I've been through. Maybe it will be better when the work is completed. The next inconvenience is the Kansas turnpike entrance being completely closed for 7 months. Next add the bridge on Highway 24 to the east being limited to one lane to resurface the bridge. That takes going around to the east to avoid traffic out. (Which would be miles added). Then today I get an e-mail from the KTA that starting next week there will be some delays on Hwy. 59 for beam placement for the new turnpike bridge. The e-mail also stated that this would not effect any turnpike traffic. What does that matter to me- I can't get on the turnpik...

My wife Kim and I attended a Family Life Weekend To Remember recently. It was a great weekend. The weekend is designed to focus your attention on each other, eliminating as many of the distractions of everyday life. Friday evening opened with a speaker telling us that through the weekend we would come up with some key things to remember. These would be things that would make your marriage stronger. I had overlooked this page 1 until the Sunday session. Of course my wife had been keeping up by writing down a few things. I had some ideas in my head, just didn't take time to write them down. There is a huge difference between in my head and on paper. The "in my head" tends to get forgotten or lost. If I write something down, I am forced to look at it and remember why I wrote it down. The following are some things that I wrote that day. I need to encourage Kim more. I sometimes take her for granted and need to acknowledge what she does for me much more often. I need to liste...