I must confess that when I pass the mirror these days, I find myself startled. I can’t help it. It seems strange to see a middle-aged woman looking back at me. Inside I am the same girl I was 20 years ago. Unfortunately, the mirror tells another story. Our culture is in love with youthfulness… Continue reading Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Last night I dreamed about my grandmother. Not so unusual perhaps, but it was one of those dreams that woke me with a start and a great deal of EMOTION. She died over 20 years ago and I woke up with an ache missing her and wishing I could somehow have an hour just to… Continue reading Throwing Off Yesterday
“But I didn’t mean for it to happen!” These words ring out on a consistent basis in my home. Somewhere along the line we’ve bought into a lie that says we are only responsible for the consequences of our behavior if we INTENDED for something to happen. But that is not how life works. Just… Continue reading That’s Not Fair!
I’m sitting in my warm house, sipping coffee, and listening to the fall of the rain on this wet, summer morning. It has not been like this for long. I’m in training for a 15K and when I got up this morning, I had a choice: run in the rain, or not. So began the… Continue reading Running in the Rain
“This cannot be happening!” were my thoughts at the realization that I was placing my 17-year old son on a plane bound for Beijing, China for 4 months. Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was wiping his cuts and praying over him before he went to bed? My heart was filled with anguish as I… Continue reading What’s So Good About Good-bye?
