Today’s Top 50 Person: Mike Brister
Today’s Christian Song: “Everything About You” by Sanctus Real

Today’s Quote: “Let us not take for granted the brevity of this life, or the length of the next one.” Tate Cockrell
Today’s Thanks: Dogs. Dachsunds. Pets. My first dog was a dachshund, because a cousin of mine told my mom that they were great pets, and it would be good for me to have one since David had grown up and was out of the house when I was growing up. Besides, they had one and loved him. So, we went to Birmingham and got STRUPI!!! Oh my, how I loved that dog!!! And we have had dachshunds ever since. Nicky (I came up with that name, short for Nicholas – a German name), Cinnamon, Chester, and now Majik and Scooby. I wanted to name Scooby “Piper”, but oh well . . . you see how far that went! So much for the German names too! (Strupi was supposedly short for a long German name that nobody around me could pronounce.) Even though these current dogs will not be house trained, our love for them supercedes that disdain for their actions. Except for Angie. Haha! What would my life be like without dogs??? Scooby might be the largest dachshund in the world – he is 37 pounds! And with his long hair, we tell him he looks like a black bear! He is so pretty and so lovable! Majik is scared of his own shadow, but I love him. And boy, does Mom love him! He lays in her lap all day, belly up!!! Funniest thing I’ve ever seen, and it’s funny every time I see him do it! Which is just about every day. I call him a Fox-Dog, because he is colored red like a fox, and he has a kind of bushy tail. Which is tucked between his legs most all the time. I also tell him he has “rabbit feet on the back” because his back feet look just like the lucky rabbit’s feet you see hanging from certain rear-view mirrors! I think it hurts his feelings, but he still loves me a pretty good bit. As long as I don’t make any sudden movements, he will come in my arms and “get his loving” for the day. Haha!
Today’s Verse: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17.