Renee Hawkley In Joy!

                                                                                                                                                        The Man of My Dreams by Renee Hawkley “How do you like being married to a lawyer?” A young friend asked the question decades ago. I admit. When I fell in love with my blue-eyed prince, a profession wasn’t on my list of priorities. As it turned out, his professions were many and varied. Let’s see. They were: Restroom janitor, daily @ 4-7 a.m. — an excuse for university students to go to bed early Buffer of floors, daily @ 4-7 a.m. — his appetite and bicep...

"And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children. And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the lightning and descending in rain. You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees." Kahlil Gibran My husband, Dan, penned this quote in a letter to me and our two young children on Christmas, 25 December 1969 while serving as a 2nd lieutenant in the Air Force in Taiwan during the Viet Nam War, then added a bit of his own wisdom: ". . . To best understand God, we should learn best of all the natural beauty in which He has clothed the earth, for there is it easiest to discern that God is a God of beauty and love, of law and order, and that man is His primary concern. I love you ~ see you in my dreams ~ and as much as possible in between them. All my love, Dan" Yup. That was my husband, Dan Hawkley, at age ...