Category: Friends

My friend Everitt

A few days before I heard about Carmen’s passing, I heard from my dear Susan that her father, Everitt Shepherd, had gone home to be with Jesus. So many people I know are heading to the party that will never end. It makes me a little homesick for a place I have never been yet!…

By Mirm June 26, 2025 0

Pops Concert 2025

In the fall of 1977, when I started as a freshman at Biola, my dad told Mr. Lutke that I played clarinet. Mr. Lutke persistently called me until I would give him an audition and a promise to give the band a try. If I had not joined, I would never have met Jim nor…

By Mirm April 27, 2025 0

HBD Dianne Brouwer

While many people have left their fingerprints on my life, there are a few people who have actually altered my DNA. Dianne Brouwer, you are one of those people and I am a different person because you have been in my life! From the beginning of our time in Scottsdale, I watched with admiration how…

By Mirm February 22, 2025 0

Silver and Gold

Make new friends but keep the old One is silver and the other Gold. The circle is round it never ends That’s how long I want to be your friend. Every person should have friends – we were made for community. I am beyond blessed by the company God has given me, the relationships, the…

By Mirm March 17, 2023 0

Heroes

There are heroes in the world. Some are disguised as regular people. I know some – actually I know more than my fair share. They may not be the superhero kind who wear capes and have otherworldly superpowers but they are the real deal. One of my superheroes, at 87 years old, went to Africa…

By Mirm February 6, 2023 0