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Christmas Trees Dec 16, 2024

I set up the Christmas tree yesterday. Well, trees, actually. I’ve got the larger one that I always put up in the living room. I still use the fake one I bought the year I was diagnosed with cancer. The lights are built in, so I just need to pop...

My Daddy Feb 4, 2024

One of my favorite pictures shows my dad in a hospital gown, holding newly-born me in his arms. I asked him about it once, and he said that he was telling me, “I’m your daddy.” My Dad loved a lot of things: cameras, bikes (with or without motors), guitars, telling...

Waterfalls and Memories Sep 10, 2022

Life is harder in the sitting-still-moments. Those moments when you stop rushing, moving, doing, and have time to think. Time to remember. Time to worry. Time to see the pain in the world around you. These past two weeks have been a wonderful rollercoaster as I met my new students,...

A Prayer for Our World Mar 12, 2022

I keep forgetting how big the world is and the chaotic things that are happening in it. There are people in danger right now. People who have had to leave their worlds behind and don’t know what to do. People dying without having learned of God’s love. Oh, Abba, Stop...