A Milestone

This week, allow me to deviate from the normal type of blog entry and do something that is extremely rare in this blog. Of the 270+ blog entries posted over the past 5 years, I’ve only written a handful of blog entries that deal with my personal life. I am...

Merry Christmas from the Burns Family!

Let me introduce the Burns family. Our 4-year-old grandson, Joey, is standing in front of Jason’s beautiful wife, Elisabeth Our oldest son, Jason, is holding our 19-month-old grandson, Gavin I don’t know of anyone I’d rather stand beside than my beautiful wife Vickie...

The Law of Sowing and Reaping

We knew that this day would eventually come. It was inevitable. Yesterday, Vickie and I walked away from the Southeastern University campus with tears rolling down our cheeks and aching hearts as we left our youngest son, Aaron, to begin his freshman year of college....

Merry Christmas from the Burns Family

Three Generations of Burns at Christmas!Billy and Vickie and our FAVORITE grandson, JoeyDirectly behind me is Elisabeth and Jason, our second son Michaeland to his right is our youngest son AaronRarely am I a person of few words. Circle this blog. You’ll never...

A Family Moment

As I write this week’s blog, it is Monday morning August 25. One year ago on this date, God placed the most beautiful baby boy into our lives, William Joseph (Joey) Burns. What a difference a year can make! Allow me to use this week’s blog to celebrate...

I’m Only Human

Please forgive me. I’m only human. I know that pride comes before a fall. So, hopefully, you’ll push aside the possibility that I’ve fallen into the entrapment of pride and consider this to be a mild case of being a grandparent. I know that many of...