The Long Saturday
For many years, the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday has summoned the most thought and reflection from me. An old Caedmon’s Call song describes it as “the long Saturday between Your death and the rising day, when no…
Gratitude When We Are Faced with Tragedy
On Wednesdays this month, I’m making a point of addressing having gratitude even when it is difficult to do so. Weeks ago I planned out what I was going to post every day in November, and today I had planned…
Rico
My family recently had to say our final goodbyes to our sweet dog Rico. It was one of the most difficult things we have had to do. For nearly 13 years, Rico brought our family joy, calm, loyalty, consistency, kindness,…
The Mixed Emotions of Mother’s Day
Since this is the month of Mother’s Day, I wanted to write something about the greatness of all of our mothers. But as I sat down to write, I couldn’t stop thinking about the hard truth that the second Sunday…
The Dale Family
A friend of mine from college recently lost her son to the horrible disease known as cancer. He had been battling it for about a year and a half, and he was just a few days shy of his sixth…
