• It’s January, and in Florida, that can mean 80 degrees of warm or 60 degrees of damp cold. Northern friends grimace at the thought that I [...]

  Get Ready; Get Set; No

  January 14, 2019
• It’s January 7, and our Christmas tree is still up. It’s not artificial; it’s very real. Was once very alive. We’ve had [...]

  Holding Tightly; Releasing Eventually

  January 7, 2019
•   Grief is neither a respecter of people, time or expectations. Its rudeness takes us by surprise; its perseverance feels overwhelming. My [...]

  Merciless Grief, Glorious Grace

  October 8, 2018
• I left Washington D.C. amidst rain and arrived in Orlando in a thunderstorm. I was grateful to get out of D.C. before another torrential [...]

  Rain, Rain, Go..Nah, Stay!

  May 17, 2018

• We had our yearly barbecue Saturday. Close to a hundred people—all ages—attended. What an outrageously fun time. It was supposed to rain all [...]

  When Fun Turns Fearful

  May 7, 2018