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Sitting here at the 10:15 service on Easter morning, the last in the Easter Week Celebration at our church (Life on the Vine Christian Community), I feel like I’ve lost Easter again this year. I put on a spring dress this morning, green for new life. It’s the least I can do. I have a…
Written May 12, 2013 Come to me Lord, I will not speculate how. Come to me Lord, come any way, come now. George McDonald, Diary for an old Soul With these words the liturgist leads us into the silence that begins our Sunday Morning Gathering at our church. * * * Dad has been home…
LORD: On this misty, rainy morning I sit here at the lake under the pavilion, pondering what it means to really trust You. It’s been on my mind a lot lately. . So many changes Things happening I never expected, Things I couldn’t control. Life feeling like it’s upside down. Such a mystery – this…
Mother is on hospice. We all know she does not have long to be with us. One of the things she wants most is to be able to go back to Morton and see their friends again. They had a sudden move here in May due to their rapidly declining health and they were not…
More villagers come to mind, as I reflect on that time in our lives. It has been good for me to “Remember” and have this way of “Celebrating” my village. * Lorri who created a beautiful display out of all the things I gathered as a tribute to mom. * friends in Morton who cared…
I will never forget: My husband, Galen who loves my parents as his own and is my rock when I am falling apart. No one could have it better than I do when it comes to a spouse who honors his in-laws. * Cousin Janet who kept me from flying apart by phone from Virginia when…
Ten things I Learned on the Blessing Journey (in no particular order) part 1 It’s been two years since mom died. Earlier in the spring of 2009, when I was feeling alone and inundated with the details and uncertainly of caring for my parents, I read an article in a Magazinethat gave me hope. One…
The last couple of days I have been spending time in Psalm 23 The first few verses are what has captured my heart: 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. Lord, I…
March of 2009. Mom has just been admitted to hospice care. I am on my way to see Carol and the kids and I am so afraid of all that is ahead. I don’t know how I will manage her care. It seems very overwhelming. I am sitting on the plane waiting for take-off, talking…