Do you have a BFF?  That’s a best friend forever.  If so, you and your bestie are going to love today because it is National Best Friend Day and it’s time to celebrate that special person and the relationship you share. “According to a Pew Research poll, 98% of teens have one or more close… Read More »

It all started with a little girl named Brighid.  She was born on June 7, 1997, three months prematurely with her fragile life hanging in the balance.  Family friend Sona Mehring was running point for the family to communicate updates.  Calling everyone was time consuming and this was in the pre-social media days.  There must… Read More »

Two events ironically happened on this day, separated by 148 years.  The first event happened in 1833.  President Andrew Jackson became the first president to ride an Iron Horse, the name given to steam powered locomotives, a relatively new transportation mode in the United States introduced in 1830.  Jackson boarded the B&O (Baltimore and Ohio)… Read More »

Though the origins of the celebration cannot be found, today is National Ketchup Day.  The likelihood that you have a bottle of this red condiment in your refrigerator is pretty good since 97% of Americans say they do.  Even astronauts won’t leave the planet without taking their ketchup with them!  It’s been aboard many journeys… Read More »

School has been out for the Bryan kids for 12 days.  School has been out for me… well, let’s not bother calculating that.  Thinking back to the school days and all the things we “learned,” how many of those things need to be unlearned?  For instance: Do you remember the Food Pyramid?  Many of us… Read More »

The headline on the history.com website for June 3, 1800, says, “President John Adams Moves Into A Tavern In Washington, D.C.”  That doesn’t sound like the best of headlines to post, especially for POTUS!  You would think that the leader of our nation wouldn’t want to be known for moving into a bar!  But things… Read More »

George Herman Ruth was born on February 6th, 1895.  George’s dad was an owner of a saloon that had quite a reputation in the city of Baltimore.  It should come as no surprise that George would become a delinquent.  The family’s apartment was above the saloon, so it didn’t take much for the environment downstairs… Read More »

If you were to take a trip to London, every hour and every quarter hour, the sounds of Big Ben would ring out across the city.  On May 31, 1859, Big Ben rang out for the first time, playing an E, G, F#, and B to create the infamous tune. The tower in which the… Read More »

The last three devotionals have been rather heavy so let’s lift the mood and celebrate something 99.99% of us have – a smile!  I can’t say that 100% have this because there is an extremely rare neurological disorder called Moebius syndrome caused by underdeveloped facial nerves in babies, leaving them with facial paralysis.  There are… Read More »

The April issue of Friends of Zion magazine was given to me, and the articles stirred something inside that has been the catalyst for the past couple of devotions plus today’s.  Reading of the atrocities the Jewish people have experienced caused my emotions to run the gamut.  The first article in the magazine talked about… Read More »