The Trauma Olympics
One of my coping skills for dealing with chronic pain is visualizing specific others who are walking through trauma that is way beyond my imagination. If I see a news story about refugees fleeing their country with nothing but the clothes on their backs I say,...
The Answer To Your Ancestor’s Prayers
One of our favorite shows to watch is Finding Your Roots on PBS. Recently, a phrase that one of the participants repeated often was,”be the answer to your ancestor’s prayers.” I scrambled for a scrap of paper to jot it down before I forgot it, which...
Don’t Throw Yourself Away!
Because I grew up in the church attending Sunday School, Worship, and Midweek Bible Study, when I hear scripture verses quoted in the defense of specific moral superiority or sanctimonious “rightness,” my eyes glaze over and my hearing gets muffled....
What’s Your Legacy?
I’ve been inspired by the reports about and the archived interviews with President Jimmy Carter. I can remember my father being so excited about having President Carter in office, especially when he told the nation that he would always tell the truth. These...
Thanksgiving Gift Basket
Did I ever tell you the story of my harvesting basket?