I’m watching news coverage of a valiant rescue effort. I heard about this story and it tugged at my heart, so I’ve been watching the live stream to follow this story. On my screen is a dark night pierced by a bright spotlight. The light shows silhouettes of about 20 people huddled around a…
I try to watch the news each night so I know what is going on in the world, but it is becoming more of a struggle. I have heard several people express that they don’t watch the news because it is too depressing and I am starting to feel that way also. I have…
I am an only child. This had several advantages when I was growing up. Ours was a peaceful home with no fighting. My mom says she remembers the first time we were visiting family where the siblings were arguing, as siblings tend to do. I was really little and she said I had this…
I think I have shared before that one of my favorite expressions is “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the ‘good old days’ before you’ve actually left them.” It’s rare that I see the good old days as anything in the present. It’s usually in the past tense. I think…
This week, it will be 10 years since my dad passed away. Ten years. It feels longer, though, because he had dementia so we began to lose him long before that. I miss him. Do you know how some people’s personalities are so big, their bodies can’t quite contain them? That was him.…
I didn’t expect it to happen. I thought I would just watch casually and I wouldn’t care. But I was wrong. I got sucked in and it consumed me. I’m talking about the royal wedding. I hadn’t followed their relationship and didn’t know her story but it was a unique event, so I thought…
I recently spent a few hours in the Orlando Museum of Art. If you haven’t spent time in an art museum lately, I highly recommend it. I am not skilled in art interpretation so I tend to look more superficially at art pieces. I realized during my time there that the same, unfortunately, happens…