We often compare our life to the highlight reels of others' lives. When I was younger it was television and magazines in addition to our circle of friends or classmates. Now social media has us comparing to just about everyone with instant and constant access. Everyone has struggles, battles they fight, and a process the walk... Continue Reading →
I'm not feeling very Christian today. I want to be crass. I want to shake someone or maybe knock some sense into them. I want to lay hands on someone, and not the holy kind. I want to grumble and complain. I feel it festering up from deep inside. I doubt that I am the only... Continue Reading →
The leaves bristle in the wind And crunch under foot. The water splashes, The acorns thud As they hit the ground. The birds sing, The crickets chirp. The frogs croak, The critters chatter and frolic. These are the sounds In the busyness of life That I fail to notice Are all around me. Instead I... Continue Reading →
My heart started to race. It felt as if it would leap from my chest. Heat flooded my body. My breath came quicker and was more shallow. Maybe i needed to hear it again, I heard it wrong. I went back to my phone and played it again. "you will give an account on... Continue Reading →
I think we see what we have and what others don’t, but do we really stop and think about it? Do we really see the difference? Do we see that our community is weighted with suffering and burdened with injustice? Do we see that while we recklessly spend money on material goods for the sake... Continue Reading →
There has been a lot written lately about when helping hurts. There are so many people who want to meet the needs of others. They are well-meaning, but they don’t realize that there are times when our desire to help hurts the other person. As a social worker, I have seen this first hand many times, and... Continue Reading →
I have the world’s greatest father. I know every little kid makes that card, and most of them at the time believe it to be true. I am forty now, and if I made that card, I would be fully convinced of that as I drew my heart and signed my name. It’s been 19... Continue Reading →
Sitting at the airport, taking it all in. I have only flown a handful of times, so I am definitely not an experienced flyer. Waiting a the gate, I see the sign that says "Sky Priority" and "General Boarding." The gate agent announcing the flight calls different groups of people. The first I got -... Continue Reading →
Last Friday my mother passed away. When we placed her on hospice, I wrote her a note saying things I knew my voice could not relay through cracks and tears. I let her know how much I loved her, the things I admired and respected about her, and promised that I would be okay. I asked... Continue Reading →
I am…{#Tuesday@Ten}When I was in sixth grade I did my first "Poetry project". One of the poems we wrote was called "I am." Before I pull out the old version, I thought I would do one in there here and now. I am.... I am almost forty and content with life I wonder what the future holds... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 