She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future. Proverbs 31:25 Mothers-in-law often have terrible representations in popular culture. All too often they are portrayed as the overbearing, meddling woman who has nothing but criticism for the way her daughter-in-law does things because nothing is good enough for her
Year: 2019
Updated to add – and again in 2021. This was a Facebook post I originally wrote for my mother in 2017 on her birthday. It seems fitting to share again and add to my blog on Mother’s Day. She grew up under difficult circumstances. The childhood and adolescence she had had in the fifties and
There are moments that the words don’t reach There is suffering too terrible to name… -Lin Manuel Miranda/It’s Quiet Uptown from the musical Hamilton The world was heartbroken today to learn of the unexpected passing of Christian author Rachel Held Evans. Just 37 years old, she had a case of the flu then a reaction
I was not raised in a denomination which observed Lent and it is still rather an unfamiliar practice to me. However, I did make an effort this year to both give up something and to add something to my daily routine that would entail reflection and spiritual practice. I gave up my weekly coffee from
I have always had a soft spot for animals. In fact, I have often joked that I like animals more than people. As a teenager, I once slept in the laundry room floor with a cat I rescued, complete with fleas, until my parents agreed to let me keep her. When I was teaching at
I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder. Ansel Adams Just a few pictures from a picturesque day….disclaimer, the cows are not mine.
Blossom by blossom the spring begins…. Algernon Charles Swinburn These are some random pictures of trees blooming in the month of April around Old Town Conway, Arkansas.
I wrote a piece entitled “Scanxiety” last year on the same issue; however, this one is slightly more developed and delves a little more deeply into the issues and my thought processes. Treatment for cancer – as with many areas of medicine – is a highly individualized science. There are many different subtypes of cancer
Spring Break 2019 we took a short vacation to the Mississippi coast. Our destination – Pass Christian, Mississippi – is one of a string of small communities that provide a view of the Gulf of Mexico and access to the beach along Highway 90. We are notorious as a family for running late so when
I, like many people, have a need to be “right”. Whether I am having an argument with a family member over something insignificant or relaying a situation with a stranger where I feel I have been wronged, I will go to great lengths to prove that I am correct, justified, or validated in my words