Make that, the first full week. We started last Thursday, and since then I’ve been focused on staying afloat. Those who know me know there’s a health issue to deal with, and I’m having a rather fragile time of it at the moment. Not to worry, God’s plans never fail, even when we fail miserably. …
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Anthony Burger
For those who cannot hear the music, let me assure you that this is played back at actual speed and he didn’t miss a note. As awesome as he was, it was his first two years that cause the thoughtful to say, “Ahhh…God did this”, and leaves the skeptic with no room for argument. With God, all things are possible.
Birthdays
I remembered, though I’m not quite sure how, and I prayed for her – added my whisper to the millions that ascended to Heaven on her behalf. It’s his birthday today, easily on the top 5 list of impossibly rough days in this, her first year of widowhood. Birthdays are her thing. I have a friend like …
Surrogates
Those born with the gift of nurturing imagine we will guide our children on magical discoveries. In the meantime, we practice on surrogates – other peoples’ children – nieces and nephews, cherished friends, sunday school classes and scout troops.
Enter the ‘spinster paradigm’ – the single person with the car, career, house, and three cats. Whatever the form, there’s someone to miss you when you’re gone and greet you when you get home.
Third Date
Once upon a time, and in a few other cultures, the bedroom was a perk of being married, right up there with the big party and three shiny new toasters. But, that’s old hat these days.