Our one year old granddaughter, Maggie, is so much fun to watch. She is walking everywhere now, and if she falls she always lands her bottom. I am especially attentive since I fell, and i am now going through therapy to relearn after seventy-five years to walk again. Hopefully, I want land on my touche…
Joy of Christmas
I apologize to all my readers. My family has had a tough lead up to Christmas, which I will not burden you. The good news is we are emerging, and this morning I woke with an immense feeling of Joy. Joy to be alive, Joy to have wonderful family, and the belief that the Joy…
Strength Through Vulnerability
My experience of creating music and writing songs is finding enormous strength through vulnerability. — Bob Dylan. In my early days, I was raised to be the opposite of vulnerable. Boys were taught to be tough, and any sign of vulnerability was greeted with the words, “Boys don’t cry.” I remember in junior high taking…
Drift Away Like Smoke
Incline your ear to me; when I call make haste to answer me, for my days drift away like smoke, …. — Psalm 102:2. As we mature, we identify with our psalmist who says that “days drift away like smoke.” It seems like yesterday we were having Thanksgiving dinner, and less than a week away…
Gratitude
Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?” — Luke 17:17. This verse has special meaning to me. I am the beneficiary of a transplant and multiple spare parts. For whatever reason, I am living beyond my time, and must never forget to be grateful to God, George and his family,…