Over the weekend my husband and I were talking about how there are at least two kinds of destruction. One is by man and the other by God. Although the result of destruction from either source can be devastating, we were observing that when God destroys something there is often beauty in it. Consider a […]
Old Friends
This past weekend I had the opportunity to spend some time with friends I’ve known literally my whole life. I don’t have to explain how good it is to get together with friends in general, but I wanted to take a moment to talk about how precious friendships are anyway—particularly those which have lasted the […]
How Great Is Your Grind?
And I’m not talking about coffee! 🙂 Not long ago my husband and I had a conversation about the benefits of grinding away at something. We probably sounded like a pair of old geezers touting the best celebrations only come after the greatest challenges—a line of thought young people might not appreciate, at least in […]
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Really?
My husband and I were talking about the sad fact that even when we’re warned ahead of time that something might be difficult, we often don’t really believe it until experiencing it ourselves. I guess that’s where another saying comes from, the one about experience being the best teacher. Here are a few examples we […]
Now We Can Wear White
I know the one rule of our culture these days seems to be there are no rules, at least regarding what we wear, and I know it’s old-fashioned, but I still wait until after Memorial Day before donning white. But of course Memorial Day is more than just a transition day for fashion or even […]
Tears and Graduations
Yesterday my family attended a graduation ceremony for our oldest son. There were just five in the senior graduating class, all boys with one form of disability or another. As you know if you’ve read this blog before, our son has Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic form of cognitive impairment. So although he’s nearly eighteen, […]
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