you are twenty one today which makes me want to say hooray! [just kidding….I am not going to write a cheesy rhyming poem for you] I’m certain you can imagine it’s a bit unnerving to wake up one day and realize…. Yikes! I’m the parent of an adult. While people can change once they grow … More happy 21
It hit me sometime last week I just might have misspelled the word “heel” in my last post. I kept forgetting to check though. Sure enough, tonight I looked and I did. Sorry readers. I’m sure at least a few of you noticed. It’s been corrected. Now my life can carry on. As can yours. It seems some … More please note I used the wrong heel
First day of summer. Texted James. He’s tired of summer. Maybe I am too. Usually it’s my favorite season. June though, just go away. Instagram photos of dads and kids with catchy little captions I don’t need to see. Oh, I’m happy you’re happy. But I’m proof that…..well, life isn’t always what it seems. So … More go away, June
Happy Birthday Allie! You mentioned it when you visited Austria. Sixteen going on seventeen. Remember when we listened to The Sound of Music soundtrack all the time? I haven’t seen that cd in forever. I doubt Jamie took it to college…..maybe, though…… It’s hard being away from you on your birthday. Only weeks to go now, … More going on 17
If you’re a regular follower, you know my daughter Allie is spending her junior year of high school in the Czech Republic. She’s a foreign exchange student, sponsored by the Rotary Club. She’ll be returning in a few months. Please indulge me in a shared letter to her, if you don’t mind. I sometimes find … More missing
“The place doesn’t care if you love it. But for your sake you had better love it. For the sake of all else you love, you had better love it.” I read the above quote a few years back in a novel, Hannah Coulter, by Wendell Berry. I even referred to it in a blog … More the place doesn’t care
I found myself pleased with a realization. As I left the cathedral yesterday morning, the place I’ve been worshiping these last few months, I found myself to be happy. While I realize one should, under good and normal circumstances leave one’s place of worship in a cheerful mood, I have had a dark shadow fall … More I found myself
I recently attended a two week book study at Christ Church Cathedral. It took place on consecutive Wednesday nights and covered Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly. The first Wednesday of the study, I opted to attend the dinner beforehand. I knew no one in the crowd, but decided I could handle it, and proceeded to eat … More the good, the bad and the different
My family hails from the OC. No, not Orange County, California. Our OC is Osage County. As in Oklahoma. My maternal grandma left OC as a senior citizen, moving to a joining county. But before that, she’d lived her entire life in OC. Her parents lived there I don’t know how many years. My mother … More the OC
I am currently part of a workshop designed for people in my situation. That being, they are divorced, in the midst of divorce or experiencing a marital separation. So far, there have been three sessions, and I’m gleaning helpful information and encouragement. During this past week’s session, it was stressed we should have things in … More forward looking
Upon a Sunny Day 