Tip of My Iceberg

Soft Sounds Deserve To Be Heard

The sun is rising as I leave the house for my morning walk. The quiet is calming and surprising. I used to have to walk earlier in the morning for such sweet silence. Before the loud of life overwhelmed the stillness. Before the noisy traffic, the lawncare folks making yards beautiful, the huge trucks…

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May 7, 2020

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The Best Of Rest

The days run into one another like watercolors blending along edges. Smudged and undefined. Maneuvering through blurred lines of life and a house with ten people and two dogs can undermine the strongest of adults. For a two-year-old, it can be daunting. Cal is a genuinely happy and chatty little guy. He tolerates the two…

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May 4, 2020

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anxieties, Dayle Rogers, God, Jesus, rest, rhythms of life, The Best Of Rest, the rest of relationship, Tip of My Iceberg, workaholics, worries

We Do Need Our Peeps

We’d not seen them until a couple of months ago. Then they showed up in droves. They’re unusual birds, with red beaks and feet that dangle when they fly. The sound they make is somewhere between a squawk and a tweet, and when they’re moving, it’s nonstop noise. Whatever they are, they’re never alone. We…

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April 30, 2020

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Bearing Beastly Burdens Isn’t Bravery

Confusion and uncertainty are exhausting. Fear causes a physical response that saps energy like a faucet turned on and left running. Until there’s nothing left. I’m not talking about me. Our two new four-legged houseguests are struggling to figure out what’s going on. Aspen is a two-year-old Lab with a lot of spunk and playfulness.…

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April 27, 2020

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And Then There Were Ten–No, Twelve

We could be accused of disregarding the requests of those in authority. Our home appears to be an extended-stay motel. But the house was sold before the virus hit. And closing is happening now. My daughter and her family of eight, plus two large dogs, have moved in with us until the home they’re…

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April 23, 2020

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And Then There Were Ten–No Twelve, closeness of family, COVID19, Dayle Rogers, fear, God, hard times, Jesus, loss and grief, social distancing, sufficiency, the grass is greener, Tip of My Iceberg