Susan's Pendulum

I'd heard so many wonderful things about the book .  Even though the author is a pietist , I figured that wasn't reason to write o...

They're telling me stories of things that happened in the hospital -- things I do not remember. They tell me that when the medical sta...

Jesus said, "Come unto Me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest."  And that rest is that He forgives yo...

A friend asked recently, "So what did you experience when you collapsed from the aneurysm?" Nothing.  Absolutely nothing. The ...

Can't clean.  Too dark to dust or pick up. No electricity for the vacuum. Can't mop or wash; no water. Can't call Mom or Pa...

Forty is the old age of youth. Fifty is the youth of old age. Yes. a French proverb found in Jan Karon's  "A Continual F...

Well, maybe it's not considered plagiarism, seeing as how the Lord wrote the Old Testament.  So if He takes the words from the psalms an...

What do you do with used medical equipment when Grandma or your dad no longer needs a walker or a shower-chair or a Cpap or whatever?  In Wa...

When I was little, we went to "church."  "Going to church" meant Sunday morning or maybe a Wednesday-evening Lenten serv...

... also known as "bossing people." I had to gather all my gumption to order-around little kids, to make them pick up their toys...

7 weeks after the surgeons shaved it bare 17 days after surgery It's growing.  Slowly. I was mistaken for a man (by a friend!)...

Katie has done a LOT to tend the garden since I crashed.  When it comes to picking sweet berries, the girls are quite happy to help.  Alia...

Pastor has often heard me (and possibly others) moan about the verse in Matthew 10: Whoever denies Me before men,  him I will also deny b...

Discharged from outpatient speech therapy last week. Discharged from outpatient physical therapy yesterday. Borrowed Maggie's bike ye...

Medieval Norway.  Historical fiction, particularly a love story or a story of motherhood. Theology. Okay, here's the deal.  If you...

Speech therapist and physical therapist told me last Friday that I had "met all the goals" which had been set for me in the hospit...

The Aaronic benediction -- the way God told His priests to put His name on the people -- the way God designed for His people to be blessed...

I signed up for Curves primarily because Maggie needed exercise.  We went together.  It's not the toughest, most strenuous workout.  I ...

... but nevertheless the analogy keeps resurfacing in my mind. It's that time of year when the maple trees are dropping their helicopt...

Pastor keeps saying it over and over:  Our society believes, "All that matters is that they're happy."  Okay, I figure he'...