Disclaimer: It is my understanding octopi are sentient, highly intelligent, and rather remarkable beings. Therefore, the admonishment to avoid imitating this phenomenal creature is metaphorical, mostly. If they just know me better, they will like me. If I give more time and energy, he will love me. There are moments when a great deal of […]
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Bells, Sheep and Sunsets
We have been home from Europe for almost a month. It is beginning to feel like a dream and that scares me. I seldom dream. And even less often, I remember what I dream. So some of the next blogs are going to be the retelling of a dream. In hopes that I don’t forget. […]
Collateral Damage
Death danced outside our door again. His fingers long and reach beyond the body that they claim. When my husband got home last night, he shared about his day. It began with a roll-over of a van full of kids and ended with a ninety-year old man being struck and killed by a motorist. He […]
Insight from Pirates
“Life is pain highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.” Can you name the movie? It’s a brilliant movie but not exactly the most uplifting quote. Life is pain? Really? We don’t want this to be so but can we disagree? Even the most staunch optimist must admit that life is full of […]
Stress is like Gangrene
“Gangrene may be prevented if it is treated before the tissue damage is irreversible. Wounds should be treated properly and watched carefully for signs of infection.” Stress is like gangrene. As I have mentioned, our family is familiar with PTSD. An intense stress disorder. But we are also familiar, along with probably everyone else alive, […]
Death and taxes…
“…But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” -Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789 I would have to add to that short list. Change. I think change is certain. Empires rise and fall. Flowers bloom and fade. The years tick away, absorbing our youth and elasticity. […]
Hope
Can you spot the flowers? To conclude our mission trip to Mexico we had a time of sharing. Highlights. Challenges. One of my teammates shared the profound. She was struck by the amount of hope demonstrated in unexpected ways. At first glance, all that could be seen was poverty. But as the days progressed, […]
Rights!!
My family and I are getting ready for a short term mission trip to Mexico. The last time I was getting ready for a short term mission trip to Mexico, I was in high school. Four score and seven years ago. I will never forget the preparation for the first trip. My youth pastor sat […]
Decisions, decisions, decisions
This is an actual sign in the middle of Nevada. My husband stumbled upon this photo that he took on one of our camping trips. He suggested I write a blog post on it. “Yeah. That’d be cool.” Feigned enthusiasm. “You could write about choices,” he says. “Yeah. That’d be cool.” More feigned enthusiasm. In […]
Pizza and mashed potatoes
I have never been one to get excited about a smorgasbord. My children, on the other hand, get ecstatic. Macaroni and cheese with a side of pizza and another side of jello. A second trip for a plate full of fried chicken and more jello. And finally, a third trip for the mashed potatoes […]
