Mar
21
2022
My brother and I are planning my Dad's Celebration of Life. Dad loved short phrases and slogans, so I love to call his memorial day Dad's COL. Planning has been challenging because when Jay and I call each other...
Mar
18
2022
Today is my Dad’s birthday. Do I write that it would have been his 80th or that it is his 80th birthday? I will say it is Dad’s 80th birthday. When I think of others who are 80, I tend to believe that...
Mar
17
2022
I am reading Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal’s novella, Too Loud a Solitude. Hrabal experienced not only the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Prague but also the dark years of communism under Soviet Russia. He worked for the communists burning...
Mar
16
2022
My Dad and I loved to pray together, and I learned so much about prayer from him. I have been on a journey to understand prayer myself and find I am more in love with prayer each year. When...
Mar
15
2022
The news of Ukraine and Russia is everywhere, with images of war, suffering, and trauma. Just watching it is unsettling to a high degree. It can overwhelm. I start to search for survival gear, financial recommendations during recessions and...
Mar
14
2022
I am surprised by my lethargy around the death of my Dad. It really has taken the wind out of me. I am a busy and active person, so this has surprised me- the weightiness and gravitas of death....
Mar
11
2022
Trauma triggers happen when you have had something difficult happen in your life--for example, a car wreck. For many who have experienced a very serious car wreck, just being behind the wheel can cause the terror of that experience...
Mar
10
2022
My parents were married for 58 years, and they deeply admired and loved each other. They worked hard to root out bitterness, detachment, infidelity, and dislike. Shann and I talked about their marriage and why they had such a...
Mar
09
2022
Watching the war in Ukraine has been devasting. The cruelty of Putin, the shocking images of destruction, the terror that feels palpable around the globe. The tears of children especially strike me as I watch posts of families saying...
Mar
08
2022
One of the reasons to travel to Mumbai was the opportunity to work with amazing artists to bring Kintsugi experience to social service workers, pastors, and counselors. They work with the broken women and children in the brothels and...
