Berg Blog

For our second session of premarital counseling, Meredee and I were asked to come up with a list of 25 things we appreciated about the other person. Needless to say, it took me only a few minutes to come up with my list and I could have easily written another fifty without having to strain. [...]

Yesterday was a nice Mother’s Day and I’m glad I was home to share it rather than having to communicate through Skype. We went to church in the morning and Paul and Leah attended as well and had the chance to see people and give out hugs. Afterwards we went to Mom’s favorite restaurant in [...]

Being I had lots of free time and I hadn’t seen Grandma Grace for quite a while, I figured her birthday was a great reason to pay her a visit. I drove down to Atwater and arrived around 1 in the afternoon. Grandma’s face lit up and she seemed excited to spend the day with [...]

Ten years ago we threw a surprise 40th birthday party for my Mom at Park Christian School. We “happened” to drive by the school and we scared her half to death by having Officer Bergquist place his police car outside the school with the lights flashing. Thinking something tragic had happened, she rushed inside, only [...]

Tonight I was in the town center of Canela downing 1.5 liters of water, 1/2 liter of Gatorade, and the toy size Twix and Snickers found in SA. I had run out of water while hiking earlier and was sitting on a park bench trying rehydrate myself and regain some energy. While seated, I watched [...]

I didn’t see any wildlife today, but being outside caused a random flashback from childhood. For some reason, I started humming the tune to the nature show “Wild America.” This in turn caused me to imagine the two rams smashing heads on the hillside and then I had to say out loud, by myself in [...]

Growing up, we all had reasons to wallow in self-pity, anxiety, and misery during our childhood and adolescent years. During these awkward phases of life, I wore husky size jeans, wet the bed, battled terrible acne, and couldn’t socialize with girls. Yet I cannot recall feeling perpetually unhappy. Yes, there were times of frustration and [...]

Today is my dad’s 50th birthday. It would be nice to run home for a surprise party or go out for dinner, but the distance makes this a bit difficult right now. I could do the usual phone call when he gets home from work and that would be fine. But I chatted with Mom [...]