JWsPOV

     There are many times in our lives when we feel like we are not in control.  We feel like everything happening is beyond our reach and we are just spiraling out of control.  Or there are times when we feel like everything is going wrong.  I have always been a big believer in everything happens for a reason.  We may not know for years down the road why god has put so much on our shoulders.  One day the light will shine in and you will see clarity and understand more than you can imagine.      As we get older in life we we become very conscious of the burdens that we and others bare when it comes to our loved ones.  Children carry one of the biggest crosses when we have to bury a parent.  It's never easy and no matter how peacefully they pass.  It's always hard to say goodbye.  We hate to see a parent go at any age in life.  Whether they have lived a long full life or cut down in their prime.  The o...

     Summer is a special season for most Americans.  This is a time when Teachers and Students get a break from each other and when other adults usually get a break from work.  Summer is also a time when people spend a lot of time together.  They go to cookouts, pool parties, or take weekend get-a-ways.  Growing up in the country my summers normally were spent in a cattle barn, hay field and pastures.  We were either working show cattle, hauling hay or repairing fence.      When I was young there was no internet, no cell phones and no insta - anything.  If we wanted to communicate with each other we had to pick up the land line phone and call that person.  Or we would write them a letter.  I know it sounds crazy to some of you younger people.  Many of us actually could fill an entire day and not speak to anyone but the people in our house or even no one at all.     The times we live in now are a lot...