Tracy Eddy 
Say Kucias (coochas) five times fast! You will giggle. It is the funny name of a beautiful Lithuanian tradition.
FREEEEDOM!!! Do you remember this infamous scene in Braveheart where Mel Gibson’s character, William Wallace, has his face painted blue and he is leading his Scottish warrior troops into battle against King Edward I of England during the First War of Scottish Independence?
His message of salvation through Jesus and strength through hardship is woven into the core of our family.
I can see so clearly that each valley and mountaintop in John’s life has been pruning him, forming him, and stretching him to be the dad he is to our daughters.
My constant prayer is two-fold, “Jesus, I trust in you” and “Have mercy on us and on the whole world!”
Practically speaking, how do we love others around us? How do we receive love? The five love languages has become a popular way to learn just that. Just between us friends, for years, I thought it was a little hokie.
To make a long story short, I made some bad decisions and was pretty certain my next cousin to get married a month later was considering disinviting me. I wouldn’t have blamed him.
