One of the easiest things I know to do to celebrate anything is to consider how to engage as many of my senses as I can. It’s why I ask my children what they want for their birthday dinner. Often it is a meal that in taste and aroma recall something happy and familiar to them. I may not get the gift right but the meal is always a win. This Christmas season I hope…
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She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. Annie Dillard
Leave a CommentMy strength is collecting ideas and combing through information to find themes and patterns to connect to each other. That’s what I love about Christmas. The music, the decorations everything that hits the senses is speaking of and driving to this powerful idea – Jesus left his position and power above to enter into our dark and lost human experience to save us from our sins. Themes can be discovered by noticing what’s prominent or…
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Recently, I read an article concerning medical education and about how the next generation has so little experience with craft skills that they’re not able to perform practical tasks such as cutting or sewing in surgical applications. We’re losing a generation with the dexterity to work with thei hands. My mother always knitted and I remember getting her handmade sweaters at Christmas during the late ’70s. Later, she quit knitting and turned her attention to…
2 CommentsRemember? Yes, I’ll always remember. This is a repeated line from a poem called, Ghost’s Grace by Paul Fleischman. Remember? Will I always remember? I don’t know if I can answer that so solidly sure. I find myself in a stage of life where I am squeezed in the middle between the 9 year old daughter and the 91 year old father. Recently, I have been dealing with my mother’s memory losses. She doesn”t remember sitting…
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