Tag: grief
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The Grace Of Grief
I’d known him longer than I hadn’t. He was my husband’s roommate in college, sharing not only a room but names that were too close for coincidence. You’d never see two more opposite people. John Fred Carlson was a man of integrity, dry humor, and deep compassion. He was quick to laugh and even quicker…
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A Most Excellent Adventure
Loss is something that’s part of life. We lose things, relationships end, and people die. Being deprived of the presence of those you love and value is the most challenging of losses. Another dear friend has passed away; grief is such an unwanted visitor. My friend Steve Douglass was an incredible man. When we first…
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The Long And Short Of Life
At first glance, it looked like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”. Instead of seagulls and crows filling the picture, it was a flock of turkey vultures. Not my favorite winged animal. They are present in Florida year-round, Seeing them reminds folks that something dead is around. They’re carrion birds. Eating things already dead.…
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Stop And Smell The Hope
One of novelist Rita Mae Brown’s characters in her 1983 novel, “Sudden Death”, made the statement, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” Repeated actions, with no change, typically bring the same results. Adults get this. Children, however, are different. There is a beautiful naivete in the very…
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And I’m Expected To Say Thank You?
It would never be considered a sacred space. A place of contemplation and thoughtful introspection. But it is somewhere I go frequently, some seasons more than others. My laundry room is a place I experience success. With six kids, I taught myself a system that could get a lot of laundry done quickly and consistently.…
