When did it get to be September?This is the month, a year ago, of Mom’s long hospital stay after her big “event” (heart attack, several TIA’s, whatever else they were or weren’t able to ascertain that she’d suffered). A year since I attempted to bring her back and care for her at home again, then … [Read more...] about I Will See You Again
The Blog
On asking why …
Story, Lord. I don’t get it. Is it really just all about the story?Here you made me a writer, and I’ve spent years now, studying story. Here I am reading Accelerant, and thinking ... Haegan, poised on the edge of doubt and fear, longing to be released from his own calling ... yet guarded unseen by … [Read more...] about On asking why …
On Books: To Review or Not To Review
For anyone who follows me on Goodreads, you may have noticed how terrible I am about updating my reading lists. Several reasons for that. One, my reading habits are often random and sporadic. Two, as someone who's trying to walk a fine line between being honest and yet not putting a stumbling block … [Read more...] about On Books: To Review or Not To Review
And life goes on …
So much for my intent to post more often! We just finished up a very busy week of visiting with our oldest son and his wife and our grandbaby of not quite 9 months old, celebrating our second-oldest daughter’s graduation from high school, and having front-row seats to our second-oldest son proposing … [Read more...] about And life goes on …
If We Do Not Lose Heart
Long, long journey through the darknessLong, long way to go ... (Enya)It’s hard to keep going with a dream, year after year, when you see door after door shutting in your face. Hard to keep believing that dreams even matter, in the face of real life and all its brutality.I’ve written before on why … [Read more...] about If We Do Not Lose Heart
Writing Through Grief, Part 6
No discussion of writing through grief would be complete without my explaining how deeply I owe my writerly self to my mother.I was reminded of this two weeks ago, and it’s taken until now for me to face actually writing about it ... and posting it. At this point, I'd appreciate being able to just … [Read more...] about Writing Through Grief, Part 6
