A friendly old barn

A conversation between a friendly old barn, the fields, and the clouds. They are all old friends.

A friendly old barn

A conversation between a friendly old barn, the fields, and the clouds. They are all old friends.

Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's

Caroline is delivering the message today at St. Ben's Lutheran Church in Westminster MD. My wife is a rock star. 20Nov2022 You can watch the service here: https://youtu.be/QV7l93em6GU

Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's

Caroline is delivering the message today at St. Ben's Lutheran Church in Westminster MD. My wife is a rock star. 20Nov2022 You can watch the service here: https://youtu.be/QV7l93em6GU

Grand opening of Covalent Spirits Distillery

This afternoon Westminster Mayor Dr. Mona Becker officially welcomed Jennifer Yang Drew Cockley and Covalent Spirits Distillery to the Main Street Westminster family. The Westminster Common Council and much of the staff celebrated the official grand opening at the ribbon cutting on Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at 3:00 pm at their tasting room, located at 118 East Main Street, Westminster. With Daniel Hoff Ann Thomas Gilbert, Greg Pecoraro Tony Chiavacci, Kevin Earl Dayhoff Dayhoff Westminster

Westminster Senior Center Walking Trail in 4K

Misty, Caroline, and George

Misty, Caroline, and George share a moment together in the Maryland autumn sunset. Thursday, 3Nov2022

Misty, Caroline, and George

Misty, Caroline, and George share a moment together in the Maryland autumn sunset. Thursday, 3Nov2022

Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University

Our speaker today is Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. At the Westminster Riding Club for the Historical Society Carroll Co annual meeting.

Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University

Our speaker today is Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. At the Westminster Riding Club for the Historical Society Carroll Co annual meeting.

Carrots, eggs, and coffee

She Tells Her Grandma That She’s Just Been Cheated On So Grandma Tells Her To Do This

May 26, 2016 Presser Staff Editor Buzzworthy 

This is a good lesson for all of us, no matter what stage of life you’re in. You’ll see what I mean.

A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her – her husband had cheated on her and she was devastated. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as soon as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her granddaughter, she asked, ‘Tell me what you see.’

‘Carrots, eggs, and coffee,’ she replied.

Her grandmother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The grandmother then asked the granddaughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hardboiled egg.

Finally, the grandmother asked the granddaughter to sip the coffee. The granddaughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The granddaughter then asked, ‘What does it mean, grandmother?’

Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

“Which are you?” she asked her granddaughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity? Do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship, or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain.. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level?

How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can’t go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

May we all be like the COFFEE?

Share this with your friends and family today.

https://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2022/10/carrots-eggs-and-coffee.html

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Westminster Fire Department Oct. 29, 2022

The training never stops at the Westminster Fire Department Oct. 29, 2022

Westminster Fire Department Oct. 29, 2022

The training never stops at the Westminster Fire Department Oct. 29, 2022

Food Sunday held its 40th anniversary event

Food Sunday held its 40th anniversary event Wednesday evening October 19, 2022 at the Portico. It was a wonderful event with many friends. 

One of the promotions for the event read: "Food Sunday Celebrates 40 Years of Service to Neighbors in Need

Carroll County Food Sunday, a 501(C)(3) organization headquartered in Westminster, MD, will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Portico of St. John Catholic Church in Westminster. The evening will honor the memory of Food Sunday founder Dominic Jollie, who is memorialized in a brief history of the organization that will be distributed to attendees that evening. At his death, on September 21, 2000, at age 75, the Carroll County Times headline read: "In Jollie, Carroll loses a social voice and true humanitarian."

Food Sunday held its 40th anniversary event

Food Sunday held its 40th anniversary event Wednesday evening October 19, 2022 at the Portico. It was a wonderful event with many friends. 

One of the promotions for the event read: "Food Sunday Celebrates 40 Years of Service to Neighbors in Need

Carroll County Food Sunday, a 501(C)(3) organization headquartered in Westminster, MD, will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Portico of St. John Catholic Church in Westminster. The evening will honor the memory of Food Sunday founder Dominic Jollie, who is memorialized in a brief history of the organization that will be distributed to attendees that evening. At his death, on September 21, 2000, at age 75, the Carroll County Times headline read: "In Jollie, Carroll loses a social voice and true humanitarian."

OBX Salt Water Taffy

OBX Salt Water Taffy

OBX Salt Water Taffy

OBX Salt Water Taffy