Dear God: Our waitress is there every Sunday afternoon when we go through the buffet line. “Rony.” And I sometimes think about her life, that …
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Digging Out the Truth
Can you imagine if everything you focused your mind on today was captured on film and made into a vast collage—hanging out there for all …
Read More »Painful Learning
With my first pregnancy and delivery, I got my Ph.D. in pain. Looking back now, what makes me most sad is remembering how innocent I …
Read More »My Exploding Schedule
Help God: I’d like to call a timeout from my schedule and have some soothing “Enya” quiet time with you, but today’s one of those …
Read More »Well Connected
Dear God: I’m pretty connected. After all, I work at my computer all day and sometimes into the night and have full access to email. …
Read More »Mom’s Birthday
Dear God: I want to thank you for Mom. Today, we celebrated her 83rd birthday, and she’s still well and happy. She misses Dad, sure; …
Read More »Finding Purpose and Healing
There will come a time in your life when you will have no answers and wonder how you can make it one more day. It …
Read More »A Life of Purpose
At 55 I found myself alone, my life seemingly without purpose. As a single mom for many years, just keeping myself and my four sons …
Read More »The Color of Contentment
How do we achieve contentment? People have asked this question since the beginning of time. Families that live in mansions are sometimes miserable, while the …
Read More »What the Birds Teach
I pulled my eyes away from the computer screen and looked out the window at the birds and squirrels. They were at it again. Two …
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