A personal anecdote to persuade you to get vaccinated and follow suggested safety protocols.
Category Archives: Memoir
Grief and gratitude
My mother died Thursday evening. For me she is an icon of the fruit of the Spirit.
Orla in 2008
Today, April 3, 2021, our beloved Irish Terrier, Orla, died. I’m consoling myself by digging through old photographs. This post has pics from 2008, the year Orla came to live with us.
Getting vaccinated in Grand Rapids
It is encouraging to see what people can do with unity in mission. I am so grateful. I am also uneasy. How will we perpetuate the yes, share the yes?
Dumpster fire
Random memories, or maybe not so random. Maybe it’s all the talk about dumpster fires. A metaphor I don’t think I ever heard before 2016, but now it’s all we can say. We just walk around dazed, glazed, and when we bump into each other we say, “What a dumpster fire.” Back when I wasContinue reading “Dumpster fire”