When I was young, I remember someone telling me that good fences make good neighbours. I didn’t really get it at the time as I thought that people should just be able to get along and do their thing. When we got married, we lived in a low income neighbourhood, where the man next door…
Today I am four weeks post-op from a radical hysterectomy. I have been trying to write this for the past three weeks and although there is much that I want to share about what has happened, the words just didn’t seem to come. For the past several years, I have been having “woman” health issues….
A tall solitary man gazes down into the closed eyes of his mother, a tear sliding down his cheek as he says goodbye. A little hand slides into his in silence as his granddaughter stands silently by his side; watching the stillness in the coffin and the grief on his face. No words are spoken…
If you have ever had to have surgery, you know that there are several steps leading up to your big day. I am scheduled to have a hospital stay surgery in two weeks. I have lost track of how many appointments I have had in the past year, in preparation for this operation. Today was…
Today, I had to apologize. Someone precious to me pressed a (few) button(s) they didn’t even realize they were pressing. I was tired, stressed, frustrated and feeling defensive. I barked. The person’s response was condescending. I barked again. We got off the phone and I simmered; and then I prayed. Today, I had to apologize….
Last summer, one of my girls was lifeguarding and on her way to her station, she hopped off a short retaining wall (probably only 40 cm or 18 inches tall). The sloping lawn led to the wall and at the bottom was soft sand. As soon as her feet landed in the sand, her life…
Have you ever seen the list of the broken and failing men and woman whom God used? Adam – shifter of blame and succomber to peer pressure Noah – got drunk and slept naked Abraham – let other men have his wife; TWICE Sarah – gave her husband to another woman and then hated her…
Last night, I went to see Menopause, the Musical. It was a light-hearted (although somewhat crass) recounting, by four different women from four walks of life, about ‘The Change’. They sang about their changing bodies, changing moods, the change in sleep and in their relationships. There was much in the story that I could…
The first part of this devotion focused on the single mindedness of the raccoons, in their pursuit of – what seemed to be – an easy reward. I’d like to take a different perspective today, and consider the single mindedness of the dog in her relentless commitment to chasing the invaders away. Mia (the dog)…
We live in a lovely community surrounded by trees and a variety of wildlife. It is a delight to watch them frolic on the sides of the road; to enjoy the deer and even the eagles and owls are beautiful to see. This summer, some of the local wild life decided to move into our…