by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 1, 2022 | Aging
In December 2021 I visited an elderly lady, Jo Pate, in a local assisted living center. She and my mother had been friends 2decades ago. Bill and I had known her husband, Stan, when they lived in Selma and we had each called on him when he was a buyer for a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 1, 2022 | Aging
Written in response to the April 12 Seedbed Daily Text on membership in the “elder class:” I am 68. I have a few arthritic joints and my eyesight isn’t the best (but I look forward to when my ophthalmologist tells me my cataracts are...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 30, 2022 | Christmas, Comfort
So, I decided I’d binge on Season 1 of All Creatires Great and Small. As I’m watching the promo for it I spot something rather incredulous…. a character in the series holding a teacup…..a Wellington China Longton teacup…..just like the 4...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 30, 2022 | spiritual battle
Nothing’s changed… from 5/30/2015 “Safe.”There are some people who actually consider me “safe”. They call to ask me questions that they might be reluctant to ask others….because they know I care. Because they know I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 30, 2022 | Faith
Every single person has a “measure of faith”. Faith is a human capacity to believe in something, anything. It is the object of one’s faith, the thing(s) in which one believes that define and mold one’s faith. We are all “people of faith” in something. Some objects of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 30, 2022 | spiritual life, Spirituality
People often believe that anyone talking about “religion” is proselytizing others into accepting her own religious beliefs. That’s not necessarily the case. Some of us simply recognize the value of heightened spiritual consciousness, the benefit of identifying one’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 30, 2022 | nature, storms
From 5/30/2019, after Hurricane Michael Lord, How did I miss them? I was so busy five minutes ago crying in the prayer garden, wailing out in grief, lamenting all the weeds, how they seem to be the only things really flourishing, bemoaning how the trees are...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 28, 2022 | healing, Mental Health
Mental Health and the Church: “Jesus didn’t wait for a crowd of perfectly well adjusted disciples to turn up; he appointed a real mixed bag of personalities, in spite of their weaknesses and struggles. There’s a place for everyone in the Church and it breaks my heart...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 27, 2022 | Grace, grief
5/27/14 by Joni Byrd Saying Goodbye with Grace I am studying for a degree in counseling, and in a textbook, I recently read a statement about hospice care that really caught my attention. The book stated that it is often during the last days, hours, or even minutes...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 27, 2022 | perfection
From 5/27/2014 Has anyone else noticed how many Facebook posts show up with pictures and platitudes that seem to be excusing people for not being “perfect”? Some are humorous. Some are poignant. Some are combative. There are plenty of various types that...
