Alone in the Night

  It is late. The house is quiet and still. Everyone is snug in their own beds. This lately is my favorite time. I pray, I cry, I reflect, and gather myself together. I can take off my momma and wife armour and breath. I can show weaknesses and gather in strength for tomorrow. Our [...]

Cold, colder, coldest, really cold

Baby, it is cold out and the temperature is dropping. As I look out the window there's a light skiff of snow. Temperature are to drop to below zero tonight with wind chill factors in play making it even colder. A lot of the schools the Saint Louis area have already cancelled schools. It is [...]

Long and Winding Road

I am a huge Beatles fan. Not fanatical but appreciative.  Mostly liking the music of their troubled creative let's meet Dali Lami and be a bit strange years; "Abbey Road", "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "White Album" as opposed to their 60's shag styles and repeating lyrics.  Love the melancholy in George singing,"While your [...]

Long and Winding Road

I am a huge Beatles fan. Not fanatical but appreciative.  Mostly liking the music of their troubled creative let's meet Dali Lami and be a bit strange years; "Abbey Road", "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "White Album" as opposed to their 60's shag styles and repeating lyrics.  Love the melancholy in George singing,"While your [...]

Normal Night

   The house is quiet. Everyone is slumbering.  Well almost everyone, I am still awake trying to find a comfortable way to lay down that doesn't hurt or beach me like a turtle on it's back.  I am still not very good at the rolling over in bed thing.     Plus I am either to [...]

Easter Sunday joy and limitations

Today was Easter Sunday. The day started here at 5:30 a.m. to get 4 kids and 2 adults out the door by 6:30. We made it. Sunrise or very early morning service was at 7:30 a.m. and I used 1/2 sheet bulletins this year with litany mixed with fire, candle, singing, poetry, meditation and prayer. [...]

Strange happenings and the beauty of washing feet

Have you ever been awakened with not just a full bladder but with your head full of words. It is 3:08 a.m. and I had both issues. The phrase that comes to my mind is "they had visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads". Only I have words dancing in mine begging to be [...]