My dad would tell you that he made mistakes as a father. But I do not have the energy, nor have I the want, to spend time thinking about what went wrong in my childhood. Instead, I have elected to think about what went right. And particularly what went right with my dad. Though myContinue reading “HEART”
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Searching for The God Within
Originally posted on Dim Reflections For Now:
After about three months of focused reading of a number of ancient spiritual mystics and modern psychologists who would be called spiritual mystics if they were ancient, a clear message has emerged: if you haven’t discovered God, then you haven’t looked and listened deeply enough within your own…
JEREMY
Today is my little brother’s birthday. I don’t know when is the proper time to quit calling him little. Is it when he outgrows you? Outsmarts you? On both counts, he’s bigger than me now. When we were little he made me laugh. So hard. I’m not sure why, but I thought he was theContinue reading “JEREMY”
CREATURES
Today Michael stopped on the side of the road to FaceTime me because he saw a giant turtle. I love animals. And I love to spot them in the wild. Michael gets it and humors me often. At closer look, it appeared the turtle was suffering, having been hit by a car. I asked himContinue reading “CREATURES”
DANCE
When I was in 4th grade, I took dance lessons. Tap and Jazz to be exact. Kristi Stuckey’s mom would pick us up each week and drive us to the next town over to eat at Arby’s and then head to the studio where we would spend the next 2 hours highlighting my inability toContinue reading “DANCE”
PRIORITIZE
This morning I woke up to a nice little pudge in my belly, which I have unaffectionately begun to refer to as “Christmas 2014”. My people are just too good in the kitchen. My brother is home and so dinners are meat with a side of meat. And everything has its own butter based dippingContinue reading “PRIORITIZE”
TRAVEL
Dear Moms of teensy tinies who traveled this Christmas, Let me let you in on a little bitty secret…. IT GETS EASIER! Traveling with little ones is the ultimate test of a parent’s will and resolve. How important is that family gathering? How will you get there? What will transit behold? I don’t mean toContinue reading “TRAVEL”
READY
(Written in February, posted in November…there is no storm today!) Yesterday, in great anticipation of Snowmageddon 2014, I studied in the library rather than my office. There is a beautiful view from the windows out to the water, and I perched myself facing outward so as to alert the campus upon the first flake’s appearance.Continue reading “READY”
JAMAICA
Our legs moved slowly through the palpable heat as we ascended the slight hill to the modest meeting house for worship. Slowly, because that is the only speed left after a full day of travel including a four hour layover and customs and three additional hours of relentless curves and holes in the road. The nightContinue reading “JAMAICA”
FREE
I learned a swift lesson about the freedom we enjoy in this nation the day we picked up a Cuban refugee family from the airport. Reading about the perils faced by those living in restricted nations does not compare with beholding their relief upon their first taste of freedom. There he sat, staring at the bleakContinue reading “FREE”
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