Last week we bought a new-used van. Three days later, I felt awful, thinking we’d made a huge mistake and I began researching if it were possible to return a car. The answer was NO (I wasn’t surprised) but what I learned was so helpful. #1. I learned it is very common to have ‘buyers’ … Continue reading A Van and Some Birds →

A few weeks ago I heard an interview with Christian author Jasmine Holmes on her new book “Mom to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope.”  My ears perked up because I have a new baby grandson who is beautifully half-black. I need to read that book, I thought. Then the shocking, … Continue reading Take Hope →

I love the month of May. Not because of my birthday  :o)  but because I love the spring greens and wildflowers and birdsongs. And because of the memories of “Discovery.” “Discovery” is the name of the wilderness learning course for college students that Jake led every spring before we moved overseas. That program has challenged, … Continue reading Discovery →

Perhaps you have noticed that I have not posted a blog in six weeks.  You would think with all this time stuck at home a writer would write more, but I have been blank. That has bothered me. Until this morning . . . because I just figured it out:  Much of writing is thinking, … Continue reading This Balloon →