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 …
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Playing for My Grandfather
When I was 11 years old, my maternal grandfather moved from New York to Loma Linda, California, to stay with my family. He had been …
Read More »Let Go and Trust God
So often I would sit around and mope because things weren’t going right for me and because people wouldn’t come through for me. But as …
Read More »20 Seconds
“All you need is just 20 seconds – 20 seconds of insane courage.” We Bought a Zoo is one of those heart-warming family films that …
Read More »Suicide and Success
In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the …
Read More »A Lesson From Suicide
In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the …
Read More »Playing it Safe
If we always hold back and try to play it safe, then maybe we aren’t really living. Many cautionary voices clamor for our attention from …
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