Surrender. There are two faces to surrender. There is surrender that springs from obedience and fear. And there is surrender that is birthed from trust and love. I started to write about this very topic, of Mary’s “yes” to God, several years ago. I never finished the piece out of fear. Fear that my views […]
Today is my mother’s eighty-fifth birthday and we will celebrate with coconut shrimp, whipped mashed potatoes, chocolate ice cream and Chardonnay. She’ll get phone calls and birthday cards and flowers from friends and family. She’ll feel loved and appreciated. And tomorrow she won’t remember any of it. Dementia does that. It’s indiscriminate about what memories […]
Halloween ended up being a quiet night. I didn’t run out of candy and I made a delicious pot of chili which means I don’t need to cook tonight. I drifted in and out of sleep waiting for my daughter to get home from a friend’s house. It was about 11:00 when I decided to […]
Twenty-four years ago I chose to be a stay-at-home mom. I was thirty years old and the sparkle of my corporate job had lost its shine. I was ready to devote my energy into our growing family. Even though it meant our household income was going to be cut by two-thirds, my husband was completely […]
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