Stevie Wonder sings “Isn’t She Lovely?â€Â It’s a song about a baby, but most of us would think of it as a song about a lovely woman.  When is the last time you truly saw a lovely woman? Over these past few weeks our family has been dealing with an illness with one of […]
Over this past week my mother has been in a local hospital.  The hospital she is in has been my hospital of choice for years. I know many of the staff there and have had faith in the services the hospital provides for over 18 years. There are those who are truly well grounded […]
Having retired recently, I find myself in a transition of sorts where my schedule is changing daily and my time for writing is often lost in the mix. Taking care of a mother who is going to the doctor frequently, sometimes on a daily basis, makes for my schedule becoming increasingly abstract. I am blazing […]
Five weeks ago I got an e-mail that a friend’s mother died. She had lived a full life and would be missed by many. She had a positive impact on others and her goodness would be remembered well beyond her passing. Within a matter of days, the other spouse in that family lost her mother.Â
It’s that time of year for people to be graduating from kindergarten high school, college. We’ve always celebrated graduations in my family. I remember when my son finished pre school and there was a graduation ceremony. We had a great time celebrating his accomplishments. You know how some parents can go a bit overboard when […]