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Sunday’s Thought (Or Monday’s)
“I believe that our friends among the dead really do mind us and look out for us. Often there might be a big boulder of misery over your path about to fall on you, but your friends among the dead hold it back until you have passed by.” – John O’Donohue I have been in...
A Time to Keep
Welcome Henry! Our tenth grandchild was born Saturday, and he, along with my daughter JJ, her husband Bryan and big sister Emilia are doing just grand. It's been a quiet time, this waiting, and wondering and all the little worries that come with childbirth-- and then...
Sunday’s Thought
I'm home, after cleaning out my parents' old house on the farm they loved, and saying goodbye to all of it. Yes, it's a lot. I promised myself I wouldn't take too much stuff, that I'd be good about tossing, weeding, giving it away. Then I filled an old steamer truck...
In the Midst of Life
I was cleaning up the house and folding laundry I'd tossed on the bed in Papa Bob's room because some of the grandchildren were coming over (it is spring break)-- when the phone rang and my friend Don asked for the measurements of the cardboard mailer Dad's ashes were...
Sunday’s Thoughts
Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually. - Issa AND He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. - Psalm 25 I am being paid back for all of my socializing last weekend with a cold. It's not Covid ( I have taken 2 tests), just...
Wednesday’s Thought?
Oh help me. How can it be Weds already? Time is galloping. Has it been two years since Emilia was born literally the day before the pandemic began in earnest here? Yes. Now look ... If it makes any difference, I do talk to you a lot. I have all kinds of stuff to...
Good News
So this morning I asked Chip, my media-minded husband, if there was any good news. "Well, Ukraine is still holding back the Russians," he said. I was hoping for better. I was hoping for a miracle. I decided not to turn on the radio or scan the headlines. I went...