I have said "no" when it was clearly the right thing. I've also said "yes" to what should have been a clear "no" believing I could make it work anyway...with varying results. I've said "yes" when it was clearly the right thing. I've also said "no" to what should have been a clear "yes" believing …
My Dad died on May 1st. I made, as they say, "final arrangements" for him on May 3rd. And walked out of the funeral home with a veteran's flag and his wedding ring. It didn't feel like a fair exchange. Not fair at all. My Dad was a good man and there is much I'd …
Judas betrayed Jesus. Jesus was crucified. Judas hung himself. And the 12 apostles became 11. How confused and overwhelmed they must have been. For three years Judas had eaten with them, slept with them, traveled with them, watched Jesus walk on water with them. How could he do this thing? As they waited and wondered …
I don't have words for this space lately. At least not words fit to publish. Maybe it's media overload. Maybe it's storms and loss and hurting people. Maybe it's too much political trash talk. All I know is last Friday, Doug and I took the long way home after a few days away from normal. …
When I make myself sit still long enough, I love to watch the wind in the tree tops. It's peaceful and calming. There are people in life like that, like wind in tree tops. Walter was one. Thinking about him now, I'm a little embarrassed that I didn't know more facts of his life, like …
My mother is struggling to find comfortable shoes. Therefore, I am struggling to help her find comfortable shoes. Sore feet do not make for happy people. And we need to find some happy around here! She finds shoes in catalogs. I order them online. We go shopping once a week and come home with more. Sometimes …
Awhile back I wrote of the ease and sweet memories of loving little sons. Loving grown-up sons is more complicated. Maybe not so much the loving as the letting go. Their adult lives have been shaped by experiences I have not lived and do not understand. They have wives and children, careers, friends and activities …
With a baby there are sleepless nights, diapers to change and constant feedings. The mess they make is contained to a relatively small space. With a helpless, aging adult there are sleepless nights, diapers to change and the challenge to find ways to feed them adequately when they've forgotten how to use knife and fork. …
They slid quietly onto the benches looking much like we did when we first arrived. Red-faced with sweat dampened hair, three teenage girls took an open bench for themselves. Mom and two small boys, maybe 5 and 8, took a seat behind them on a bench already occupied. Somehow the three of them squished into …
Lately I've been obsessed with the best way to start my day. I've listened to podcasts and read some books. I want to pray more effectively. I want to add physical exercise to my morning. And I need to get as much done as early as I can because my senior citizen status overtakes me every …
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