October 26 overview
I realize that I missed posting anything in October. Why? Oh, maybe it is because I was busy holding a baby, Or, maybe it was the vacation and wedding trip to the Midwest. It also might have been the move from Huntington Beach to Fullerton. I think it also includes the reality that many warned me…
What is with all the irritated people?
Why are people so easily irritated? Why do they complain all the time? I am so irritated by this and I want to complain about it for a minute! I wish I wasn’t kidding! I especially do not understand the number of godly people who are impatient, short tempered, and crabby – and who try…
Playtime
I was reading a book recently and the protagonist paused with distress over a question asked by her classmate of their teacher: “When did you stop playing?”, was the haunting question. Many years ago I realized that play is part of God’s heart for His people. I believe that play is an outcome of God’s…
When you wrote your name of my heart!
So I did a thing. Not a big deal and I am even unsure if I will keep this post up telling about it. There are so many opinions about this topic and I do not want to be part of the conversation about whether or not it is “okay” or not. Backing up, I…
Grace Eddies
Grace eddies. It swirls. It makes all the difference. It changes everything. I know because I experience it constantly. I am reminded repeatedly how hints of grace keep showing up in surprising places daily. The intellectual knowledge of grace is not enough once a person has experienced the practical reality of a life shaped by…
Sunrise – Sunset
Last week I was visiting with some lifelong friends, and we were watching the sunset along the shore in Oceanside. All along the beach people were coming outside to watch the show. One of my friends, with a glint of the fading sun in his eye, stated, “Why do we all do this? It happens…
It is all His anyway
Today is one month after I was the victim of a crime (the theft of my car and all my stuff) and overwhelming personal violation that touched others too. Yesterday, I finally got my car from the repair shop at the dealer. I think Betty was adequately de-“cootified”. Yet, all my things in the car…
One Day
“Write on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” R. W. Emerson What a difference a day makes. It may not seem like a very big deal but today is a new year. A new beginning for some. A fresh start. For me, I usually start my “new year” at…
Advances in Treatment
Not often, but once in awhile after seeing an ad on TV or hearing of another person with the dreaded disease, I wonder what would have happened if Jim had gotten GBM4 today versus 14 years ago. The majority of brain cancers are highly invasive and rarely spreads to other parts of the body beyond…
Never in my Wildest Dreams #36
Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined my life. I could not have predicted most of it! Of course I had dreams and imagined all kids of scenarios – who didn’t!? Of course there are parts that are better than I imagined and things that are worse. Of course there are regrets and…