Returning to Brazil
June 20, 2012
It was a difficult thing for me to return to Brazil this summer. For two reasons. One, it is a place that my husband and I used to go together. It was 10 years ago that I first went to Brazil. J. L. had come the year before and fallen in love with the people. […] ... Read More »
Cross of grief
May 30, 2012
Recently I found myself sitting in my favorite chair and asking God to stop the spinning thoughts in my head. A song came to my mind…..an old, old hymn. “Be Still My Soul” I couldn’t remember the words, so I looked it up. It is a beautiful old hymn, and it seemed like it was […] ... Read More »
Healing
March 28, 2012
When I first started speaking in 2006, it didn’t seem to me like I had that much to say. People were wanting to know how I survived, how I could get up in the morning. They wanted to hear the story, and they wanted answers. I didn’t know what to say. ... Read More »
Remembering
February 25, 2012
This past weekend I spent remembering. A dear friend from college invited me quite some time ago to come and spend the weekend with her and make quilts from my kids’ t-shirts. ... Read More »
Dead Bug
October 17, 2011
I want to share an old journal entry with you today. “I need you, my Rock. My brain is mush. I can’t carry on much of a conversation and I can’t remember what you have told me. ... Read More »
