File under “ I don’t think insurance covers that”: A couple of days after the storm I was attempting to comfort our distressed young male disabled crippled cat. He was not having it and started twisting in my arms. I suddenly realized that one claw of his...
Last Monday I had to go over to the lake house at Deerpoint where Bill and I lived for 16 years. Though I thought I ‘d live there for the rest of my life, after Bill’s death during Covid, it soon became more than I could care for alone. When I went last...
Solitaire I attended the wedding of a friend …. retired and a few years younger than me. Our circumstances of singleness are different – divorced versus widowed. As I watched her excitement and joy, I thought to myself, “I can’t even imagine...
Sean Dietrich’s column on 11/13/2021 rang true for me and many others, I’m sure! I have felt what he describes. I believe it’s true and I smile at the strangest little things that come to mind about Bill and our life together ….. he’s...
From November 6, 2015…. “Today on my way home from a trip with a student, we made a detour through my family’s hometown, Clayton, AL. I stopped at the cemetery next door to the United Methodist Church there to visit my Daddy’s grave. The...
It was of poverty of spirit that the Lord spoke to my heart in the midst of pain, hurt, and disappointment on a drive following what was to have been a joyful retreat with friends on a cruise ship in 2003 as I cried and prayed asking why such circumstances kept...
