Sarah & Patrick!
So last week Sarah Noelle, my sister’s daughter, went on a vacation to Europe where her long time boyfriend romantically proposed in Paris in front of the Eiffel Tower. It hardly seems possible that she is old enough to get married; it seems like only yesterday she was playing with American Girl dolls and having…
Push reset and celebrate irrelevancy
My Current Rant: When I hear leaders who are barely out of college and with very limited experience, who are in a training position, comment that people in their mid to late twenties are too old to relate to students I feel even more marginalized than I am and how arrogant you are. When I…
Mother’s Day 2017
So I went to church and then Clayton and I went to see Grandma for Mother’s day! We wandered around Roger’s Gardens. After work, Emily and Connor met us for Dinner. Mom, I just don’t understand the soap from a casino! Odd, even from you!
Hellos and Goodbyes
Liam Elwood and I started a little game and it has grown. It is the typical word exchange as he leaves my office and heads to the preschool. Now Olivia is verbal enough to join in. We have come up with several different rhymes to say hello and goodbye. Super fun! Oh hi, firefly!//What’s the…
For Want of a Nail
There is a nursery rhyme that has a great message about the importance of details and ripple effects. For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For…
Floods and Puddles
My mind flooded with thoughts of a woman I never met. Today would have been Jim’s moms 91st birthday. How do I know that?! Why can’t I let some of those little dates go? Her only brother will be buried next week and I wonder if I should go and take some sand from Barbados.…
Hope is a Weapon
These are words I penned 3/21/09. I wanted to add some new/more thoughts about hope so read below…. Happy Spring! The season of renewal and hope! Today Jim had several visitors and worked hard on his Physical therapy in the morning. After lunch we drove to LA for his planning session with the radiology department,…
Via Dolorosa
The Stations of the Cross – The Passion Week took on a whole new meaning since going to Israel! I walked the streets where Jesus carried my sin to Golgotha. We started at the top of the Mt. of Olives near Bethany. We walked to the Garden of Gethsemane and then up the Ascent to…
Pedro Conejo
A friend reminded me of Jim’s sleight-of-hand trick with the yellow foam bunnies today. He always had jokes and tricks ready to go, and kept them in his pocket! In fact, I cannot remember a time since I met him in 1977 that he was not always at the ready. He wore out several sets…
Palm Sunday Parade
I had the privilege of teaching in the BYKOTA adult fellowship on Sunday. Here is a brief synopsis of what I shared about the Triumphal Entry of Christ: I love a parade. The Rose Parade is spectacular and so is the Main Street Electrical parade. Parades are always fun events. Even though they are different…