In all of my years of haircutting, I have never been more appreciative of God’s presence than I was on January 2, 2015. We reopened, feeling refreshed after enjoying two days off to celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, to a standing-room-only crowd. I just knew we had cut everyone the week before […]
Read More Grateful for God’s calming presence in the midst of a stormMom, August 2014, on our most recent Mother/Daughter trip I never thought of Mom as “elderly,” until now. Recently, reality sucker-punched me hard in the form of sheer terror and helplessness. Mom and I are two peas in one pod, so to speak. We are best friends. Every year we take a mother and daughter […]
Read More Shamed and Feeling GuiltyShortly before my dad passed away, he said, “I never thought I’d be like this.” I watched as he struggled to breathe, even though oxygen aided him. With his zest for life used up like a holiday candle, and his wick of life all but gone, God continued to bless him. Not many men that […]
Read More Appreciating My Dash(Photo Credit: The Giant’s Causeway, Ireland) If we live long enough we will face the task of transitioning. This past week, after weeks of going back and forth discussing new housing options, Mom and I began our search for her new home. Mom has come to the place in her life where she is considered […]
Read More TransitioningThis is my 8 month old kitten Woody, and this is his first snow. Woody, in case you can’t tell, is in awe. He’s cautious and curious, simultaneously. See how his hind quarters are low to the ground and his ears are erect? Woody is definitely tuned in to all of his surroundings. Even his […]
Read More In Awe(Photo Credit: 16/365 In motion by *December Sun via Flicker) There’s something almost sacred about a fresh blanket of snow, isn’t there? I mean, who isn’t in awe watching it snow? I love to walk in snow, too, and even though I cannot retrace the footsteps of my life, quite frankly, I’m not sure I […]
Read More Seeking Purity (Psalm 51:10 NIV)What excites you? Me, I am tickled pink with a new book, a grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup to dunk it in, a day with nothing to do, a Sunday nap, and a weekend retreat to the mountains, especially when it’s snowing! Getting excited about something, anything, evokes a childlike feeling, doesn’t […]
Read More ChildlikeWe lie in bed, my husband and I, our backs reveling from the PainStop spray. We’re injured. His lower back, my upper left, just under the shoulder blade. He doesn’t know how he hurt his. Me, I lifted our four year old niece at Christmas, I think. My husband breaks the silence and says, “We smell like […]
Read More Gaining Perspective
Dear God, I Am... 