Space - it is necessary!
Breathing Room: The "space" we create whenever we don't fully occupy every iota of "space" in our lives with stuff! This is as close to the definition as I could come to - something which I heard my pastor preach this last weekend. As I have returned from vacation, one thing really means a lot to me whenever I can enjoy these times away - they create some "breathing room" in my life. As I have already shared in past blogs, the time away is really to refresh, renew, and regain what the tough schedule of work and family can take out of me. In returning home though, I was met with a couple of tragic events right here in my immediate neighborhood. I learned of the tragic taking of the life of my neighbor's 23-year old son and the sudden death of my other neighbor across the way. As I heard of these events, the tragedy of a young man taking his own life and the tragic end of a "closet alcoholic's" life, it made me think about the imp