It was the first time we had hired a babysitter. It was about that time of the afternoon when we needed to start to get ready to go out. But, we knew something wasn’t right. Our oldest was three months shy of her first birthday and she wasn’t quite herself. The baby thermometer confirmed our […]

Three days after Christmas I sat in a sanctuary still beautifully decorated for the Christmas season. Greenery and candles with white lights were intermingled along the stage in an elegant way. To the left hand side, surrounded by the decorations was a simple feeding trough, manger with a doll wrapped in swaddling cloths, Baby Jesus. […]

I read somewhere recently that when you lose a grandparent to death, part of your childhood dies with them. I lost part of my childhood this afternoon.  My last living grandparent, my mother’s mother, died this afternoon.  Her breathing labored, her heart tired and her mind weary, with her eyes closed as if already in […]