Posted in Thoughts, tagged blood donation on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A short time ago, I sat in a room and looked around at the other people who were there with me. There was a young woman wearing trendy glasses, who was a nursing student at the local university (I overheard her mention this fact). There was an overweight woman who was probably in her late [...]
Posted in Adoption/orphans, Holidays, Thoughts, tagged Christmas, orphan on December 24, 2007 | No Comments »
My dearest wish is to adopt a child who needs a family. I know that won’t happen tomorrow, or anytime soon for that matter. Although my dearest wish won’t be fulfilled, I hope for a pleasant time with family, delicious food, and maybe a few nice presents. My greatest joy will come from watching my son experience his [...]
Posted in About this blog, Thoughts, tagged blog, one yellow marker, title on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Okay, I’m back! I have a title for my blog now and a picture to go with it. I’m making some progress in my new career as a blogger. Welcome to One Yellow Marker.
One Yellow Marker is the title of a book that I’ll probably never write about my experience as a teacher in an inner-city school. [...]
Posted in Thoughts, tagged milestones, quotes on December 17, 2007 | No Comments »
I am making this short and sweet so I can get the first post out of the way.
My dad likes to quote someone (I should ask him who) as saying that the first million dollars is the hardest to make, so he decided to skip that and he’s already working on his second million.
Writing a [...]
