Oct 29, 2018Like a Jigsaw PuzzleSweater weather. Friday afternoon: I arrive at the Mennonite Fellowship Building located behind the church, beside the creek. Laughter. I...
Oct 8, 2018Wisdom I’ve Borrowed from FriendsI have been highly blessed to have known wise women during my lifetime. What a difference they have made. Sometimes they appeared one at...
Aug 6, 2018Circle-StoryOur leader called it a circle-story. The beginning of the video was about a little boy receiving a gift of soap in a shoebox. The closing...
Mar 12, 2018Dementia and Alzheimer’sI’m sharing a poem today. It was written by Bob Hicok. I came across it days before my support group met. (I facilitate a support group...
Dec 4, 2017FallingThe tail end of fall is falling outside. Leaves pile up. A holy thing. My husband is disturbed by the leaves and wants time to mow them....
Aug 28, 2017Connecting, Heart to HeartI keep bumping into people who look fine on the outside. When I stay quiet and listen, they talk on. That person is leaving a familiar...
Jun 5, 2017Outside the GateIf we only knew the load each person bears, we’d likely become more loving, giving, caring. I wonder if God is bringing more and more...
Mar 4, 2017"...a week to get your affairs in order."Judy, my friend, just heard those hard words. Oh my! What do people do when they hear that? How do they think with all those feelings...
Dec 12, 2016Fa-la-la-la-la, la, la, la, laGod blessed me with lots of brothers and sisters. They came in every shape and variety. I’m the oldest girl, second child. I grew up...
Nov 28, 2016ThanksgivingIt is either a cyst or the cancer is back. I found it, but my heart is ungrateful. More information after a biopsy and days of waiting....