Tag: COVID
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And Then They Were Married
It hadn’t been planned this way. It wasn’t the dream; it was spontaneous and hurried. And totally wonderful. Two sweet friends got married in our backyard Saturday night. The coming together of two people so completely in love and amazingly right for each other that it was a gift to be part of it. We…
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They All Fall Down
For our family, it began with a soccer tournament. Being outside, playing a game that requires stamina and strength, one would never expect COVID to become an issue. After a weekend tournament, reports of players–teenagers–testing positive for COVID were circulating through the parents of those kids who’d played. Nobody anticipated this problem. It hit close…
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There’s A Time For Every Purpose
‘Tis the season for graduations and moving forward in our personal journeys. For this COVID season which has made time crawl by with sloth-like slowness, coming to this occasion to honor grads of all kinds is a pleasant pause in a cultural norm of unease. Celebrations are reminders that the seasons pass even when we…
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Unlimited Hope; Unimaginable Grace
There are many who are anxiously awaiting the end of this year. As if 2020 has been the worst of the worst for everyone in the world. It has been a challenge for all of us globally. The pandemic has colored our experience and given us new norms and words to describe our experience: masks,…