I love lighthouses, probably because they stir my soul as a metaphor for life. They are solid, unchanging, immovable, let out a comforting glow day and night, and are designed for protection. When I think of God’s presence during difficult times, a lot of those same words come to mind…unchanging, comforting, protection in the […]
My younger daughter had a birthday a little more than a week ago and we celebrated with her at a favorite restaurant. This may not sound exciting but compared to a year ago when she would not let us do anything with her on her 21st birthday, this is huge.
We have improved our relationship […]
In last week’s blog, I alluded to the fact that I discovered that my elder daughter had another baby girl. I would like to write a tribute to this little girl who has come into the world even if there is a good chance that I will know little or nothing of her as […]
My son got married last weekend! I am still glowing with warm memories of the event. They got married in the evening and it was one of those nights that I will go back to in my mind over and over.
The bride was lovely, the groom handsome (no bias there!). Actually, all wedding couples […]
My youngest baby bird wants desperately to be an adult, to stay out of the nest and be soaring on his own. There is just one slight problem.
He is doing the equivalent of a baby eagle perched on a rocky out-cropping besides the cliff-side nest and saying, “I’m on my own now! I’m never […]
I like life to move along on a straight path. I like blue skies, sunny days and above all, no potholes in my life please. I know that is unrealistic but still, I continue to delude myself that my road ahead, at least in the near future, will be free of bumps.
Sometimes there are […]
This week has been a sobering week. There have been 3 events on my mind this week in which families have been grieving over the loss of loved ones. In one instance, the event happened close to us geographically and there were also two other deaths where I knew the families personally.
The first event […]
I had a shallow moment this week and decided to write about that struggle in this blog. The picture to the left shows “shallow” in the lovely, peaceful, pristine sense, however my shallow moment was more self-absorbed that that. Have you ever gone through a situation where you know that there is a better […]
I have spent both time and money in the last 6 months, trying to get a better understanding of why I have gut issues and why I feel pressure around my esophagus. I had an endoscopy where the doctor looked down my esophagus and into the stomach. Nothing obvious, just some mild irritation of […]
We just came back from a wonderful time of celebrating our granddaughter’s 4th birthday. We met her Daddy and the other grandparents at the theater, saw the movie “Coco” and then went to lunch. She is down for a nap at our house right now so thought I would write about her special day.
Our […]
