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A tribute to Phyllis
It’s been a month. It has taken a month for me to compose my thoughts and write about my cousin Phyllis’s death - because it hurts. ...
An open letter to Texas lawmakers:
It appears that Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, will soon be signing into law Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion after a fetal...
If Jesus was on the school board...
I try to keep up with our local school board meetings for a variety of reasons, foremost being that I truly believe education is the...
When a crack becomes a gap...
My father was abusive, mostly emotionally, but a couple of times, also physically. I have painful memories of the knife-sharp edges of...
Bonded by blood; friends by choice
Today's my cousin Karen's birthday. Of all my 42 first cousins, some of whom have now passed, Karen is the closest, though among the...
Reflections on a wedding band
After the anniversary ring/missing-found diamonds miracle, I was looking at my wedding band today, observing how different my...
And the Greatest of These is Love (1 Corinthians 13:13)
I've been thinking a lot lately about religion and spirituality, in particular about the role of religion in politics. I've been doing a...
Ivanhoe Circle
You can’t live in a place for almost four decades and NOT have stories to tell.
Musings on a half century marriage
So … today is Chandler’s and my 50th wedding anniversary. We said “I Do” in our apartment, the minister who lived upstairs (with dubious...
I Cry
Every morning I cry. I am invariably the first person to wake up, and I have a routine I seldom break. Make coffee, sit in the...
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