When Jessica met Luke at a wedding for the first time, two words reverberated around her head: “That’s it.”

She felt an instant ease with him. A familiarity. Chemistry.

“You always hear, ‘when you know, you know,’” Jessica tells CNN Travel today.

“I never had any real experience with that myself until we met.”

As for Luke, he says he can “barely remember” life before meeting Jessica.

It was so overwhelming, so exciting, so inevitable.

Today, he can’t really connect with the twentysomething version of him that didn’t know her. (CNN)

Where did all the time go?

30,295 days!

How many did I spend wisely?

How many in some foolish pursuit?

Am I any wiser after being an active part of the human experience all these years?

Will I pass on what I’ve learned to our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren?

Or, will each and every one have to seek a direction best suited to them?

I hope my blogs will at least give them issues worth considering!

If not today, when?

CNN’s Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten has a warning for those married to the idea of blowing their budget on a dream wedding:

You may be raising the odds of a divorce.

The numbers tell us in marriage – as in life – there is real value in compromise.

Take Heed!

Yes, she broke her ACL in a race leading up to this year’s Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Yes, she decided to wrap her leg and compete anyway.

Yes, 13 seconds after her start, she hit a gate, and broke her left leg.

Yes, while in the helicopter on the way to the hospital, she was cheering for Breezy Johnson.

Breezy, a fellow American teammate, won GOLD in the downhill that day.

Lindsey has pushed the downhill to it’s limits throughout her career.

And she has PAID THE PRICE with too many injuries to count.

They always have a helicopter ready when she’s on the slopes!

Radiology jobs are projected to grow faster than roles in other areas as the field continues to embrace the tech.

“(AI) is not only not replacing those workers, but it’s actually increasing the amount of work they can do.

It is increasing demand for their services,” said Jack Karsten, a research fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology.

“That’s sort of a bright future that the tech industry can point to as far as this is AI doing good in the economy.”

Today, radiologists are using AI to help figure out which scans to prioritize, enhance image quality and assist with summarizing reports, according to Dr. Chen. (CNN)

(Psalm 112)

Would you agree that we are seeing an increase of DARKNESS in our world?

The biggest DARKNESS I see is our children who are struggling in today’s society.

The 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey revealed very troubling statistics.

Parents must be the light in their children’s DARKNESS.

They have to spend more 1 on 1 time with their kids.

AND the parent must do more LISTENING than talking!

If not today, when?

I think it’s a good idea to take a personal inventory from time to time.

This is one of those times.

HAVE/WANT

Loving Relationships ————————————– ——- ——–

Your Health—————————————————— —— ——–

Health of Loved Ones—————————————- ——– ——-

Financial Security——————————————– ——- ——–

Future Employability—————————————– —— ——–

This is a simple tool to take inventory,.

(Abigail Van Buren)

Today’s blog highlights a problem and an opportunity.

Unfortunately, today’s kids are spending their time with cellphones not with a parent.

You and I know that spells trouble.

This is a difficult time to be a parent because there are so many distractions.

But that’s no excuse for not spending valuable time with your kids.

You must make a conscious effort and set times and places to spend time with your children.

A weekly quality hour may be all that it takes.

Write it on your and their calendar.

If you have to cancel, specify a replacement in writing.

It must be a priority along with your marriage and your professional life.

Not easy? Nothing worthwhile is.

CRAZY TIMES!

It seems like there are threats every which way we turn.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.

We are experiencing dramatic new weather everywhere.

Glaciers are melting. The oceans are rising.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS HERE.

People in the know are telling us many jobs will be lost to technology.

INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES ARE CHANGING.

The world order seems to be returning to an “US VS. THEM” mentality.

FAMILIES ARE UNDER STRAIN.

Those strains include financial and emotional.

So, how should we deal with all this?

Live by your long-standing values.

Give every family member unconditional love.

TRUST GOD!

Well, to begin with, it quiets the earth.

It brings much needed water to the earth.

And for the kids, it might be the cause of a day off from school.

Then, there is sledding down the nearest hill.

And snow balls.

And building a snowman.

And building a snowwoman.

And making some money shoveling the neighbor’s sidewalk.

So, if you’re a kid, snow is great!