It’s a fine line for bloggers. You know, the line between what’s funny or sad; tragedy or triumph; spiritual or secular; world events or living our lives (which can be very eventful!).

I prefer humor because it’s a feel good thing for me to blog about wife, family, grandchildren, church family, cars, cameras, trains, and the unexpected things of life.

But my reality is this: I go from handing my Captain D’s kid’s meal cookie to the parent of a little girl to knowing that 1 in 4 children in Ohio will experience food insecurity today and may not have a meal, much less a cookie.

The fine line is a place of recovery – where humor finds its way back to reality and sadness proves anything but final. The line is also an opportunity to leave the feeling of being overwhelmed and crossing over to having everything under control, even if it’s just for a little while.

BTW, did you know you can’t just walk up to Red Box and insert the DVD you are returning and expect it to be swallowed by the Red Box? After going to two locations yesterday and getting soaked to the skin both times I learned from someone much younger and somewhat wiser (at times) that I had to lift the flap and push the touchscreen button that says Return Video.

Who knew?

Blessings,

Pastor Mark