For me, Easter 2024 looks very different. There are no excited children bounding out of bed to see what the Easter Bunny may have left for them. There is no Easter ham sitting in the refrigerator waiting to be baked for a delicious meal with family and friends. There are no Easter eggs filled with… Continue reading A View of Easter
It’s Good to be Needed
I saw this image on a friend-of-a-friend’s post. And much like the feeling I get when I eat a donut, it didn’t sit well with me. The reality is, my job as a mother isn’t to teach my children not to NEED me any more. My job is to teach my children not to BE… Continue reading It’s Good to be Needed
South Beach Reset: Back to the Beach
It’s been 12 years since we took our first steps onto South Beach. Life has changed a bit and we’ve put a lot of miles on these old bones…as well as a few pounds. And so, in 2010 Rangers vernacular, “It’s Time.” Time to head back to the beach. With all the other diet options… Continue reading South Beach Reset: Back to the Beach
Slamming Doors and Deafening Silence
We’ve all seen it. Businesses shuttered, never to reopen.Restaurants darkened, never to have the lights turned back on.Entertainment venues empty, never to be filled. Doors of opportunity, once open and welcome to all, now forever closed.The noise of commerce, community, and communion once loud and clear, now silenced.Each one of these representing a dream, a… Continue reading Slamming Doors and Deafening Silence
Psalm 151
I know what you’re thinking: There are only 150 psalms in the Bible. And you’d be 100% correct. This psalm, however, isn’t in the Bible. It’s in my blog. (and, in all likelihood, linked to Facebook) The psalms are God’s songbook. The psalms were the songs the ancient Israelites sang during times of joyous celebration,… Continue reading Psalm 151
Indiscriminate
Death does not discriminate. NEITHER SHOULD GRIEF. There I sat, with an arrow of truth piercing my heart. It was the beginning of the sermon, but for the next 30 minutes, I hardly heard anything else. Those words sucker-punched my psyche, revealing a truth about myself I had denied far too long. And if racism… Continue reading Indiscriminate
The Nine Lives of Matt
It’s a well-known fact that cats have nine lives. A lesser-known, but equally true, fact is that my husband does too. He used his first life when he was a mere six years old. Although he was very sick with pneumonia, his pediatrician was reluctant to use the new-fangled medicine known as antibiotics. Somehow, some… Continue reading The Nine Lives of Matt
An Angel on Aisle 1
God has met me in some very interesting places. I’ve encountered Him at Target, seen Him dressed as Santa Claus, and chatted with Him over a chai latte at Dunkin Donuts. But today, He was waiting for me in the vestibule of Trader Joe’s. My mom and I had headed to Trader Joe’s for my… Continue reading An Angel on Aisle 1
Tsunami Warning
There are some movies I can watch over and over and never grow tired of. The Impossible is not one of those movies. Aside from the freakishly gory leg injury Maria Belon suffered in the surging floodwaters, this movie touches those parts of my psyche that I prefer to keep safely tucked away under layer… Continue reading Tsunami Warning
Praying for the Hard Thing
Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me…My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but… Continue reading Praying for the Hard Thing