When my son left for college, I had my first taste of an empty nest. We made the two hour drive to his university with all that he could fit in the car, helped him get everything settled in his dorm, and hugged him goodbye. I cried all the way home as I saw the … Continue reading RESSURECTION
One of my favorite places is the cemetery where my dad is buried. I don’t remember much discussion when we chose his headstone. It seemed impulsive at the time, but my family has no regrets at all. We chose a marble bench that rests on the headstones for each of my parents. My mom’s engraving … Continue reading TOMB
“Roger Pawson, 67, of London, died Sunday, January 3, 2010 at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Russellville. He was born March 11, 1942 in Jackson, Michigan. He was a retired United States Navy Veteran who served in VietNam. He was a member of the London First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by … Continue reading SON OF GOD
When my son was four years old, he was hospitalized with a rare form of tick fever. We hadn’t found a tick on him so tick fever was nowhere on our radar. As a matter of fact, it all started out pretty routine for a typical preschooler. He got sick at school, we took him … Continue reading MARY
There are a few celebrities that I would be starstruck over. To folks who know me, it's no secret that I'm on the superfan list for Elton John and Roger Federer. And possibly my guilty pleasure: Donny Osmond. That boy had me swooning to “Puppy Love” while I planned our wedding. He was dripping with … Continue reading THIEVES
Has anyone ever given up on you? That’s a hard one to answer because it’s painful. As uncomfortable as it is, I’d really rather think of people I’ve given up on than people who’ve given up on me. I’m a girl of free passes. I have a pocket full of them. Everyone has a bad … Continue reading CRUCIFIXION
When my son was 4 months old, I unexpectadly became a single mother. For the next four years it was just me and him. The hardest part of single parenting was balancing diapers and daycare and debt with being sick. Fever, nausea, body aches… No matter how miserable I felt, my suffering took a back … Continue reading DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM
Autism and peanut allergy. That is what dominated my parenting. Autism and peanut allergy. I have one son who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism. I have another son with a life-threatening peanut allergy. Neither one of these conditions has a cure; niether one goes away. Both diagnoses are life changing because you … Continue reading CROSS
The world is about to witness something that hasn’t occured in seventy years, the coronation of the British Monarch. We will see all of the pageantry and symbolism associated with crowning King Charles III. He will be brought to the center of Westminster Abbey and proclaimed the “undoubted King” at which time the congregation will … Continue reading CROWN
I’d like to introduce you to the person in my family who is always right. Me. It’s me. I can see a trainwreck coming before the whistle blasts. I give warnings. I explain why I think there is something wrong, or right, with a situation. If there’s an obvious truth, I defend it.Oftentimes I “urge” … Continue reading PILATE
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