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Praying Against Discrimination
We seem to be living in a world of chaos. When I watch the news, I can get discouraged, angry, or even fearful. Yet, I have an ordinary life to live – things must be done, people need to be taken care of. I do my best to nurture my spirituality and be persistent in […]
Born During an Eclipse
“The sky went dark. When the sun came back out again, there you were!” That is the way my grandmother explained the birth of my father during a solar eclipse in 1930. Ironically – or maybe not so much, he has spent his life watching the sky. He worked in meteorology and space science, even […]
Their Song
Today my mom sat down to play the piano which she has not done in a few days since she has not been feeling well. She wanted to find something to sing. I was glad she felt good enough to not only play, but sing too. She started a couple of songs part way, then […]
Gracious Words
My son has been having serious problems with his car, so we decided to go car shopping today. As we talked with one salesperson, he mentioned that his mother was in another state caring for his grandmother who has Parkinson’s. I told him that I was caring for my parents and that my mother has […]
Left Eyes Have It
My brother recently had his truck into the shop for some repairs. He was very happy with the place, but after a couple of days, the service man who was right on top of things failed to call when he said he would. My brother followed up and one of the employees said that the […]
Similar Struggles
Today I took my mom to her Parkinson’s exercise class. For about half the time they did some exercising, then the other half they went into another room and had a discussion about how the class has been helping them. During that time, I talked with the other 3 caregivers who were there. We talked […]
Enjoyable Walk
I was up early enough to take a nice walk this morning. The sky was cloud covered, so I didn’t have to worry about the hot sun, and it wasn’t too cool to need a jacket. I stretched outside and could here the birds chirping and flapping their wings. A finch landed next to me […]
Super Hero
My son spent some time just hanging out with us today. Somehow we got on a long extensive conversation about super heroes, comic books, and their stories. We recently watched one of the Avengers movies, so perhaps that is how it all started. We talked about the many threads of the different super hero stories […]
Always Praising
In the new prayer group that I joined, there is a couple who I haven’t met yet, but heard that the wife was having a very serious surgery to take out a mass that was found. We prayed for her when we met, and the family was on my mind the whole day of the […]
Twinkle, Twinkle, Grammy
My parents and I were outside this afternoon enjoying the fresh air before the storms were to roll in. As we were admiring the garden, my phone rang for a video chat. I saw it was my son and answered, hoping there would be some sort of service out there. Luckily, there was. The picture […]
Still Finding God 