My Son’s Wedding

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 […]

By |July 29th, 2018|Current Events|Comments Off on My Son’s Wedding

Above the Line

We all have “To Do” lists.  Some of us make written lists…that would be my husband.  I see them by his computer or on the kitchen counter before he goes hiking.  He carefully makes his list and he loves to cross off the items.  Yesterday, we were out grocery shopping for just a few […]

By |July 2nd, 2018|Viewpoint|Comments Off on Above the Line

Fly From the Nest

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 […]

By |June 3rd, 2018|Current Events|Comments Off on Fly From the Nest

Life Twists

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 […]

By |May 13th, 2018|Current Events|Comments Off on Life Twists

Taking a Step Towards a Dream

When I was 10, we moved from one side of town to the other side.  That move draws a line in my memories such that any recollections I have of the neighborhood around that first house are in the context of 5th grade and younger.

I look back now and realize that those under-10-years-old playtime […]

By |April 29th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Taking a Step Towards a Dream

Sobering Week

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 […]

By |April 15th, 2018|Current Events|Comments Off on Sobering Week

Confessions of a Shallow Moment

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 […]

By |March 31st, 2018|Current Events|Comments Off on Confessions of a Shallow Moment

Sandcastles

I grew up a few miles from the ocean and my parents often took us to the beach on the weekends.  My Dad would pull into a camping spot with the camper, make sure that the camper was level to the ground (keeps kids from rolling out of bed at night), then he would […]

By |March 4th, 2018|Snapshot (the Past)|Comments Off on Sandcastles

My Week and a Lesson from Jonah

I have been reminded by a truth from the Book of Jonah this week.  Fast forward the story in your mind, past the “disobeying God and fleeing on the ship part”.  Keep going past the “thrown overboard and swallowed by the big fish/whale” then the “whale spits up Jonah on dry land”.  Now slow […]

By |January 28th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on My Week and a Lesson from Jonah

GFCF and Whining About It

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 […]

By |December 31st, 2017|Current Events|Comments Off on GFCF and Whining About It