Balancing Ideals and Reality
The new year is well underway and as we approach the end of the beginning of 2019, I can’thelp but reflect on my resolutions that I so astutely declared to myself (and all of you) at thebeginning of the month. Have I kept my pledge to be intentional? Have I done all the practical things…
The Climb
I’ve rock climbed a time or two. Not enough to be a “rock climber” but enough to know of the strength, technique and determination it takes. Some weeks and even months, marriage feels a lot like a technical climb that I’ve not yet mastered. At times, you’re hanging on to the side of the cliff,…
A mothers day tribute
It was the fall of ‘91, or somewhere thereabouts. I was 4 and my brother 8. She was nearing her 33rd birthday. Just one year older than I am now. It was the year she began her associates degree at the local community college. She was working down the road and raising us. I vaguely…
Blooming And Becoming 