I’m doing a new thing right now. I’m teaching classical education students analyzing stories and the bones of the Art of Organizing Writing. It’s two days a week, but I’m trying to find a rhythm. The baby, he’s getting married in two months. . . and it’s August with my 40th anniversary and my 3-score and one year birthday. It’s … Continue reading →
My new lavender died in a sudden December cold snap, along with the oregano, thyme, and basil. The old lavender met with an unfortunate and unplanned mowing mishap the year before. Even the Zinnias seem forced to show up – as though I’d sent out hundreds of invitations but only a handful came – and somewhat reluctantly. The Dill were … Continue reading →
“O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.” – St. Augustine It rained last week. Rainy days are a favorite. A summer storm rumbling through is part of summer’s charm. Doors have been opening and closing, closing and opening on new things and old. There are … Continue reading →
“Everything is a grace because everything is God’s gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events – to the heart that loves, all is well.” – St. Therese of Lisieux. Everything. . . everything is grace! Because everything is God’s gift – how that truth goes straight to my heart. Big or small, even the hard and … Continue reading →
These promises – God Promises – for you and for me. I believe in them because 1) He says them, and 2) I have lived them. When I struggle, when I fall, slipping into doubt, I cry out to Him, “I believe. Help my unbelief.” Then He comes alongside me, watering that mustard-seed size faith – or maybe by then … Continue reading →
I first met my husband’s grandmother, June, on his mom and dad’s porch at a typical Kentucky Sunday afternoon family gathering. It was a precursor to the Hamburger & Hotdog Thursdays we did when the boys were in college. It taught me how. Grandma had a cane. “Grandma will whack you with that cane,” he’d laugh. She wasn’t a warm, … Continue reading →
There’s no place to sit, much less think, in the Thinking Room today. It’s been a beautiful kind of loud in a beautiful kind of mess with a sadness swirling at our ankles. It’s a circle-of-life kind of season – celebrating and letting go. I’m giving myself some grace to sift and sort the saying of it. Will you give … Continue reading →
Walking across Omaha Beach was so different from walking across our beaches. On June 5th and 6th, 2017, we visited The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer. The night of June 5th, storms came through, just like they did the night 73 years earlier before Operation Overlord was launched. The thunder and lightening that night were haunting, as if … Continue reading →
The last week, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend time in Holland, Michigan. During their Tulip Time Festival, their downtown and Centennial Park (and other delightful areas) are landscaped with tulips. “It got hot here,” The Tulip Man said. “When it gets hot, the petals just fall off.” Hot, to a Holland Michigan Tulip Man is anything … Continue reading →
If you are saying someone is toxic, what you are really sayingis that you are not yet spiritually mature enoughto walk into that mission field. . . . I’m just going to let that sit there this week. . . think about it. . . discussion coming next week. “For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for … Continue reading →
