Graduation Wisdom for the Class of 2010

It's that time of year again - Graduation. A time for proud parents and young adults getting ready for the "next" thing. Do you have any wisdom to offer the Class of 2010? Feel free to post your comments on our Facebook page www.Facebook.com/dougandkim.

Talking about Graduation wisdom, we did share some from Gordon Gee (President of The Ohio State University, formerly with Vanderbilt University) ...
Top Ten for 2010: Guidelines for Graduates
1. Update your status in person.
2. Make sure your global experience encompasses more than Shakira and sushi.
... for the rest - visit his website
http://president.osu.edu/fromwhereistand/05_19_2010.php

Housewife - Good or Bad?

We've got quite a discussion going at our Facebook page ... The issue?

According to a new report 63% of women say calling yourself a "housewife" is a negative thing. What do you think? Here's a few comments:

Debbie says - No way!! I'm proud to be a "housewife"... I get to take care of my family the way God intended me to and I love it!!

Maria - Being a " housewife " isn't a bad thing . Nor is it a bad word . It's all the over dramatic media portraying it so negatively . Being a housewife is a blessing . God blesses every one of them .

Amber's comment - I like to call myself a "domestic engineer" lol. sounds better than housewife.

What do you think? Feel free to join our Facebook community and chime in

www.Facebook.com/dougandkim

Steven Curtis Chapman & Family

Did you catch our time with Steven this Tuesday? (No worries - the entire interview will be posted soon to the "Interview" section of our website) ... So much going on in the Chapman family - Steven's wife Mary Beth has written a new book - his daughter is a new voice with VeggieTales and this Friday Steven joins with the Nashville Symphony for a special one night only performance of "Cinderella" ... All proceeds benefit their Show Hope adoption ministry.

If you can make it- tickets are still available ... Find more info at www.ShowHope.org and www.StevenCurtisChapman.com

He hold us in the palm of His hand

The old phrase a picture is worth a thousand words holds true when it comes to sharing with you what many Middle Tenneseans are dealing with as they begin to pick up the pieces. Please continue to hold Middle TN up in your prayers. See more pictures by going to http://www.tennessean.com/

Happy Birthday Junius

April 28th is my step-dad's birthday. This is a photo from several years back with my mom.

Each year when I try to do the math to figure out how old he is, I have to think back to his birth year - but now I can just do the math from the year he'll turn 100. (2013) ... So Happy 97th Birthday Junius!

Hard for me to imagine being that old (it's easier for Kim) ... All of the things he has seen - all of the changes ... I love and appreciate my step-dad, he came into our family when I was 11 - My parents met through a bowling league. He and I used to bowl on an adult/kid bowling league called A.A.K.C. (Adult Aggravation, Kid Confusion).

One cool piece of very unique 'step-dad' trivia I share with my wife is - Both Sheryl and I share the same middle name as our step-dads ... My middle name is Alexander - so is Junius' (So is my son's). Sheryl and her step-dad both have Lynn as their middle name. It's almost as if Someone knew we would be family one day. :)

What is your theme song?

Great fun on the show this morning ... Based on this report - Listening to just 15 seconds of upbeat music can change your perception of the people around you. British researchers played volunteers short clips of cheerful music and then had them rate the mood of faces in photos. Almost instantaneously, the music changed the volunteers' perceptions of what they saw in the pictures, and faces that were previously judged as emotionless became happy. We asked the question - "If you could play a song for someone before they met you - What would it be?"

... Marie said "Theme from Looney Tunes" ... Jason wants "Celebration" from Cool & the Gang - something I would pick as well ... and Kim wanted "Brown Eyed Girl" or "Father's Eye's" from Amy Grant ... Song by Chris Tomlin are popular with our Facebook friends ... What would your "introduction" song be? Tell us at our Facebook page www.Facebook.com/dougandkim

Oh Boy!!!!

Not sure if you’ve heard the news but this month Russell and I found out at our doctor’s appt. that we are having a BOY!!!!!! Yeah!!!! Raising two beautiful girls was a wonderful adventure and now after years of prayers for God to bless my life with another child He’s given us a boy!!! Watching my daughters go from one end of childhood to the other I am already praying that God would give Russell and I wisdom with this new little one. I am also trying to anticipate what this little boy will be like. Will he like the color green; will he think bugs are cool, will one of his favorite things to do is have his mother read to him? Hee I hope so!! Just thinking about it fills my heart with joy and wonder! God is so awesome! He already knows the answers to all those questions. What a wonderful God to entrust this little one to Russell and me. We pray that this little boy would one day come to know Jesus and follow Him all the days of his life. Now……if we could only figure out what his name will be!!! Thanks for your prayers. We are now half way to this baby boy’s birth day.