June 14, I was at a picnic lunch with people from work. I got a call from my sister. My dad was having a hard time breathing. He wanted a ride to the doctor. She called the ambulance. She was right. He went to the hospital. A touch of pneumonia. Some other stuff. I packed […]

Ah, dear friends, here’s the next part of the story. I talked yesterday about my mom and praying. What I didn’t know then was that I would watch her on Monday afternoon lean over her husband and pray. As her husband, my dad, was taking his last breaths, she thanked God for his life. For […]

My mom is having problems with memory.  There are lots of stories. I’m not going to tell you them. Instead, I want to talk about a couple things she does remember. She remembers to offer us coffee. And tea. Often. She remembers to set the table for as many people as she hopes will come. […]

I’m out of town for a few days. Nancy almost didn’t tell me about the water heater, the one that is old, the one that is on my goal list for the year, the one that I haven’t gotten around to fixing, the one that started releasing water across the floor this morning in a […]

I’m away from a good connection right now. So this is a quick post. But I had a thought. What if you and I took one of the many things I’ve explained from Jesus’ teachings and did it. I mean, rather than looking for something new, we did something we learned. I’ll try.