Apr 13, 2021 | Observations
Twenty-five years ago I went to England to visited my grandmother. Because she was a wonderful gardener, I loved collecting seeds from her garden to grown in my garden. All these years later, I still have sweet peas that came from seeds in my grandmother’s garden. The...
Apr 3, 2020 | Observations
“Guilty!” the judge announces with confidence. Evidence was presented. Arguments were made. Witnesses were called. A conclusion was reached. And the trial is over. We are all familiar with the courtroom scene. It is played out over and over in TV dramas and...
Feb 28, 2020 | Observations
I recently attended two funerals in 8 days. The back to back funerals couldn’t have been more different. The first was for an 87 year-old aunt who lived a full life and was adored by her family. She never missed a family gathering and had an adventurous spirit right...
Feb 14, 2020 | Observations
I know I’m not the first person to stand in my closet wondering what to wear. Some days it is easy and I have an outfit on in no time. Other days I seem to move from one piece of clothing to another with nothing quite satisfying the event, my mood, or my physical...
Jan 4, 2020 | Observations
Following God sometimes fells like walking in the fog. I don’t really have any sense of where I am going. To make matters worse, I can’t see anything to give me any objective means of determining which direction I should be moving. What I’ve learned is that in...
Dec 6, 2019 | Observations
I grew up in a fairly large extended family. My grandparents had five children and twenty grandchildren. Christmas was always a fun celebration with lots of aunts, uncles, cousins, and of course, my grandparents. Laughter, excitement and joy filled the day and spilled...
