Feb
21
2023
Dad had a paper route at the age of nine. He had to be out the door early in the morning, as early as 5:00 am. Anacortes is built on a hill. I hadn’t been there in years, but...
Feb
20
2023
My dad LOVED reading biographies and one of his favorites was John Adams by David McCollough. He includes letters Adams shared with his wife Abigail full of such tenderness, commitment to God, and some of the most beautiful relational records available...
Feb
17
2023
Dad loved acronyms. He had a million different ones he used often. My newest favorite is from my brother Jay. He texted a response TGBTG which stands for To God Be The Glory.
I find it easy to say TGBTG...
Feb
16
2023
I have been reading my dad’s Words of Hope messages lately. I was surprised to find one in April of 2021 where my dad wrote, “My promise for 2021 is just to live in the reality that enough is good enough.”
It...
Feb
15
2023
I have been pondering a message Brene Brown gave on resentment. She explains that resentment stems from envy rather than anger.
This would have been an incredible conversation with Dad. I imagine our dialogue. He would talk about resentment connected...
Feb
14
2023
It is Valentine’s Day, a day most people focus on romantic love. However, the namesake for this day was deeply devoted to so much more than romantic love. There are many legends about Saint Valentine, many around him restoring...
Feb
13
2023
Dad and I memorized a beautiful poem by Wendell Berry. One of the poignant lines says, “when despair for the world grows in me…” Despair is the opposite of hope. It is the helpless feeling of careening out of...
Feb
10
2023
A friend of mine told me she heard about my dad’s love for calling people “a miracle.” She began to do this as a substitute teacher in a Western Washington school district. She puts her name on the board...
Feb
09
2023
Our family liked to tease Dad that he would be peaceful hearing about his car being wrecked but enraged about five crumbs on the table. He would laugh along with us, and we would have a good conversation about...
Feb
08
2023
I just finished a historical book on Florence.
After reading it, I felt compelled to write an unfavorable review. I usually never write unfavorable reviews because I like to give others the benefit of the doubt. The man, clearly erudite...
