This is Andy Dalton and his beautiful wife Jordan (and their adorable little person).

This is Brian Dozier and his beautiful wife Renee.

I look at these women and immediately I can tell that they're Christians. Immediately I think, 'I wish I shined like that,' because I know I don't. And that's where my thought ends. And then I go on with my life.
Why can't I learn from them? Why isn't picking up a Bible the next thing I do? Why do I just say, 'I want that,' but not do anything about it? Over and over. Granted, they are very pretty, and that is something I'll never have, but I can have that light that is in their eyes and the kindness in their smiles, which is what I want, if I would just spend time with the One who put it there. It's completely up to me. 
And I fail every time. God bless these women for shining.

Just here for the pictures

So last night, Sherlock was engaged to some woman, though of course he was just using her. And she was just using him. He knew she was, but she hadn't figured out that he was and thought he was really in love with her. So to try to break him down, she decided to seduce Lestrade. A very disturbed and distressed Lestrade, as he thought the woman Sherlock loved was seducing him. Sherlock walked in as she was hanging all over Lestrade, then shrugged and walked away, leaving Lestrade completely nonplussed and the fiancee completely over both of them.

Then it switched to me sitting on the day bed in the guest room of my house and Sherlock coming upstairs in his dressing gown (specifically the camel one, yes) with mugs of tea for both of us. He sat down on the floor, leaned against the wall, and started trying to talk me into letting him set me up with someone. "No. I don't want to be set up with anyone." "No, you're not understanding me. You two would be a good team." "No, you're not setting me up with anyone." "Not him? Alright. What about John? He's not quite as well suited to you, but he's a good man, who I believe likes relationships." "No. Not John either." "Why not? You could get married."

"I don't want to get married." "Why don't you want to get married? I thought that's what people do." "No, Sherlock, I don't want to get married. It would change everything." "What do you mean? It wouldn't change things." "Yes, it would. I wouldn't be at your beck and call anymore." "What? That doesn't make any sense." "Yes, it does, Sherlock. If I had a husband, I wouldn't be able to drop everything and come running any time you needed me." He gave me a quizzical look.
"And I would rather be able to drop everything and come running any time you need me than get married."

This just almost made me cry

James Conlee

Why I Love September…

Movie Review: "The Visitor"

Because apparently my blog has become a place to review movies and share dreams.
This movie is about a professor who lives in Connecticut and goes to New York for a conference. He has an apartment in New York, but when he gets there, he finds a young couple staying there. He's alone, they have nowhere else to go; he's super boring white guy, the young man is from Syria and the young woman is from Senegal. Could be formulaic, but it wasn't. (Well, except for the part where I fell for the young man. We all could've seen that coming a mile away. ;) )
It's an indie film, so it's a little slow, but it has a good story, so it's worth it. It's also timely, but I won't say more than that right now. You'll just have to watch it. :)