Hurried Soul
“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?”. Matthew 16:26 I have always prided myself in being efficient, goal oriented, doing whatever it took to accomplish a mission.
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Dislocated Hip, Dislocated Soul
Moving is challenging physically, emotionally and mentally. But I was confident that we were up to the task. After all, I had moved many times in my life. In fact, at an early age my
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Blessings Amid the Stressing
The challenges were piling up and I was feeling scared and alone: Our last pet passed to greener pastures and we have agreed not to have another pet for a while. Our home had been
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Ode to an Angel
“He who learns must suffer and even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart. In our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful
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My Filter has Slipped!
As my life has progressed I have come to have a different perspective. There is less tolerance in general and a sense of impatience that although I always had, seems to have morphed. I seem
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Living with Dying.
Living with Dying I’ve had a lot of time to think about dying. I experienced death at the early age of 5 with the loss of my first dog, then at 11 with my dad’s
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Tightening my Lips for Lent
When did a nice catholic girl educated in parochial schools start cursing? I believe it began after raising a child, being a caregiver for multiple family members, nine surgeries, and 62,000 miles on the body
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Mountains Out of Mole Hills
I am going to discuss a matter that is usually shared with your spouse, mother, father, or close friend. But I am willing to do this because it is the perfect example of making a
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Can a Bloom Be Just Around the Corner?
The orchid plant in and of itself is not a particularly beautiful plant. Often in its dormant season it will look dead, barren of any texture or softness. Some say they require much attention to
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Grace for the Asking
Along my entry walkway I have three terracotta pot people. Each made using terracotta pots of varying sixes placed together to form a man, a woman, and a child. Overtime these little pot people get
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Harnessed and Tethered
Because of cellulites infections and lymphedema due to breast cancer and sleep apnea; I wear a compression garment on my torso and a C-Pap machine at night. Picture the Sesame Street character, Snufflelupagus wearing a
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Return to Sender
It’s that time of year when Thad and I send out Christmas cards with a one page letter highlighting the year’s events. Our criteria for selection are those people who impacted our lives in the
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