Having emotionally prepared myself for a month, I walked into church yesterday knowing I walked into the epicenter of grief. Yesterday was the last church service to be led by our pastor, Rob James. Rob has enriched our life together …
It’s funny how you don’t realize the role something fills in your life, until it’s not there… As my followers know, I have been struggling with repeated infections since the holidays. In response, I have returned to the cautious way …
My dear Amber, Our history is rich with letter writing. A letter for going off to college. A letter when conflicts between us needed the reflection inherent in letter writing. Letter writing when I thought cancer might take me from …
Those of you that know something about me may recognize that self-promotion is not something I am comfortable with. In fact, I think I’m allergic to it. I get all itchy and scratchy just thinking about it. I just like …
My heart sank… At the end of the session, my client had asked if she could purchase a copy of my book from me. Normally, I would be pleased that someone was interested in my book, but this was different. …
I saw it there, nestled among the other plants as I finally planted the bulbs from our Easter lily. It was a tiny purple columbine plant. It made me smile to myself. I reflected on the previous spring, when my …
The latest book to grace my night stand is Once Upon A Lifetime. Written by Helen Janssen (my mother’s oldest sister), this book weaves the tale of my family’s early history in Wisconsin. It shares the stories of my ancestor’s …
I relish my mother-daughter weekends. There is always a lot of laughter. And because we know each other so well, our humor is often at each other’s expense. There is warmth. There is a lot of conversation. There is affection, …
