A friend told me about a Hospice nurse who used to greet her patient with, “How can we make this a wonderful day?” What a great way to greet the morning. With all my aches and pains it is easy to begin my morning with gripes and grumbles, when I should be asking how to…
Month: May 2023
Winds and Waves
They went to him and woke him up, shouting, “master, master, we are perishing!” And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. — Luke 8:24. I would need a thousand toes and fingers to be able to count the times I finally turned to God, only after I tried unsuccessfully to work…
Hat Day
Tomorrow brings the coronation of King Charles III. Also, the Kentucky Derby. What a weekend for women’s hats and men’s top hats! I’m thinking of pairing mint juleps with coronation chicken sandwiches. Throw in a long weekend of cinco de mayo celebrations with margaritas, sombreros, colorful skirts, and my favorite cuisine since I was first…
Pauses Between Notes
A great pianist was once asked by an admirer, “How do you handle the notes as well as you do?” The artist answered, “The notes I handle no better than many pianists, but the pauses between the notes – that is where the art resides!” I am confident that I’ve written about the wisdom above.…
Hands of God
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. — Wisdom 3:1. My mother’s soul is one hundred and five today. Her physical body left this earth long ago, but I am convinced that her soul remains “in the hands of God.” As we get older, we…