Remembering 9-11

  It was a sunny, blue-sky, late summer morning. An ordinary day, September 11, 2001. I’d watched the news and weather on TV earlier, but I was now into my daily routine at home. My husband’s nephew had called to say his wife was in labor, so my husband, who was a...

“Sunrise, sunset, Sunrise, sunset, Swiftly fly the years. One season following another, Laden with happiness and tears.” (from Fiddler on the Roof, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick)   The year I turned fifty, I became a grandmother. This year, my husband and...

SPRING, NEW BEGINNINGS

Each season has its own beauty. My favorite season is spring. I can finally open my windows to let in the fresh, (relatively) clean air. I can step out into the warm sunlight without bundling up in coat, boots, hat, mittens, and scarf. I think what I like best about...

Another Birthday

Seven years ago yesterday my husband and I were in Fort Worth, Texas, awaiting our grandson’s birth. God performed a miracle that day because a baby boy, whose life expectancy was zero, lived. I saw God’s grace at work in the lives of his parents as they...