HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SCOTT

Today is my baby brother’s birthday. I say baby lightly because Scott turns 48 today. But as his sister, ten years his senior, I’ll always have that special little brother place in my heart for him.I vividly remember the spring morning when Scott came into...

THE DAY AFTER

Impossible. I’m sure that’s the word Jesus’ followers could barely bring themselves to whisper the day after his crucifixion. How did this happen? He promised never to leave us, they said, though they recalled he often talked about events they...

IN ABSENTIA

Yep, I’m the one who’s still writing Christmas cards in March, the one, who even though I love to write, still struggles with sitting down and looking at the blank computer screen, or putting pen to paper to keep in touch with those near and dear. What to...

A HOLY MOMENT

On Monday evening, our community experienced what I believe was a holy moment. We gathered together to mourn the loss of a six-year-old child, and to express our love and support to the family. The tragedy is incomprehensible as they have barely experienced healing...

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

My husband Randy celebrated his –drum roll, please–56th birthday a couple of weeks ago! As they say in Alcoholics Anonymous, that’s a “belly button” birthday. His sobriety birthday is coming up on 9 years–a miraculous, joyous...
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