It's the evening of Good Friday, in what I can only say is the most unprecedented and disconcerting Easter weekend in recent times. And the crazy thing is, had you asked me a few Easters ago if I'd have ever imagined that I would have as disconcerting an Easter weekend as I was having then,…
Crosses and Tombs
No excuses
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Trying to look on the bright side of this quarantine isn't coming easily for me. While yes, I am grateful that my job can be done remotely for now and that so far neither me nor my husband has any reason to believe that we might be ill, it's hard…
Appetency
A while ago, I subscribed to a daily email service from Word Genius. Every morning, I get a "word of the day" email. Sometimes the words seem completely random, and other times, like today, the word seems to be picked just for me, naming a feeling I've been thinking about but couldn't quite describe appropriately.…
Slippery Slopes
One of my favorite lessons my mom taught me back when I was at the age where I was routinely fighting, week after week, to be in the cool kids club and not the outcast club (and it certainly did change from week to week back then!) was one particular day when my mom asked…
Let it be
These days, it's awfully easy to fall victim to the fear, uncertainty and doubt that floods our airwaves and social media feeds about a virus 24/7. We want to just "do something" but most of us are under stay at home orders, so options are limited. It appears from my glances at my timelines this…
Automatic
Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turnDoing it all by hand,'Cause when everything is handed to youIt's only worth as much as the time put inIt all just seemed so good the way we had itBack before everything became automatic As we enter into our third week of self-isolation, sheltering in place, social distancing, whatever…
Social beings
Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, that one should preserve it.Anais Nin Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Much has been, is being, and will be written about what is currently happening in our world right now. If you're looking for answers from me, I'm fresh out. But I have been…
Do you think I will graduate?
It doesn't seem like that long ago...in fact, for me it was in a professional development class I took only a week or so ago...when we were talking about how anyone under the age of twenty today was not born when we endured the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. When we talk about things…
Are we immunized?
Immunize (verb) im-yuh-nahyz, ih-myoo-nahyz to make immuneto render harmless or ineffective, to neutralizelaw: to grant immunity (as to a witness) There is a powerful scene in the HBO series John Adams where Adams' wife, Abigail, sees the 1775 smallpox epidemic wreaking havoc in her community. Her husband was away serving in the Continental Congress and…
Walking by faith
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. Billy Graham It's days like today that I am so grateful to have been raised by people who had been guided by their faith…
Red Chair Reflections 