A little 'Night Talk' goes a long way.

I have talked a lot about the country aspect of life that we have been experiencing this past month. Please do not take that as me making fun of these people. God loves us all the same and just because they are different does not mean that is bad. Actually, I think we have a lot to learn from many of these “country folks”. Our family specifically can get so wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of life that you forget to slow down and appreciate what is truly important…God and family. One night while watching ‘Night Talk’, one of the nightly cable access channels, a caller phoned in concerned about how he was going to be able to find out the news once the new digital cable boxes were mandatory in order to watch television. We find ourselves trying to get the latest and greatest and newest and biggest HDTV. This poor man just wants to see the news. If you take the complexity out of life, I would be willing to guess life might be a lot happier. It is my prayer that we, our family especially, could learn to appreciate one another more and the things of this world less. This National Lampoon Vacation has started us on the path…being together in the car, in a tiny hotel room, back in the car, in the middle of nowhere for days on end…that will make you appreciate one another…or strangle each other. I have never heard so much laughing and playing and giggling between the first three Brown Boys until this trip! To God be the glory!