Excavating the living room

Feb 2, 2012 | Life

Yesterday Dave and I took 9 of the storage bins up to the attic. There are still boxes in the living room, but now it looks like a living room with boxes, not a storage area with a piano and two loveseats. Today I cleaned off the piano, moved the stereo off the top...

Sometimes you just have to say it

Feb 1, 2012 | Life, Uncategorized

A friend posted on Facebook about withdrawing support from Susan G. Komen for their withholding funds from Planned Parenthood. This is a very visible friend with many followers. I invited him to inquire privately why I would now support Komen. I hoped he would be...

Gospel irony

Jan 31, 2012 | Quotes

from LeadershipJournal.net: The gospel is ironic. When we are weak, Christ is most strong in us. When we rely on our strength and strive to be successful for impure motives, we dishonor the one we’ve been called to represent. Jean Vanier, founder of...

Mom's birthday

Jan 30, 2012 | Life, Uncategorized

Today was the first time Mom’s birthday came after her death. Death. I still have a hard time thinking of her that way, even though I saw her laid out in the funeral home. It didn’t look like her, not really, just someone’s idea of what she looked...