Meet Raphe. He is my son. Raphe never had a birthday. He died in the womb. He was delivered close to 20 weeks gestation on 25 September 1997. Raphe Day is how I always think of this day now. On his 20th anniversary, I’d like you to know a little about him. He was my 6th son and the 7th child in our lineup. We found out we were pregnant in the beautiful month of…
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I wonder if God doesn’t play I Spy with us. Remember the game, I SPY? I spy with my little eye… and someone gives a clue of something they’re looking at . The game is to see if, with the clue, you can figure out what they see. The goal, of course, is to stump you. To help us overcome our human limitations of time and space, I wonder if He doesn’t provide us with…
1 CommentThe doors opened, we got in, and turned around. Suddenly we heard a very loud and authoritative, “Hold that elevator!” As the doors hung open, a white-haired, wheel-chaired, older gentleman scooted towards us astonishingly quickly and efficiently with his feet. Zip! and he was in the elevator. It had been a late-night visit with my mother at her assisted-living community. Mom had a broken hip, and we were checking in on the newly hired…
Leave a CommentDear fellow fractured friend, I have been considering what you shared about your longing to learn to be present. You told me about how your family and friends know you aren’t available for them or to them because you are on the phone or your mind is racing with so many thoughts you can’t even hear their words or realize their presence. I am on my own journey to quiet my mind to learn to…
6 CommentsGoals, Plans, Objectives, To-do Lists these individually and even collectively are the sure sign of achievers. And already by this time of the year most of ours have already hit a snag. It has always been my bent to do and not to think a long time about it. If a thought enters my mind it immediately activates the feet or the hands. Perhaps it is my fear that without the action the likelihood is…
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