Learning the Discipline of Joy
“When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute…
Last year, after Mary’s birth on the exact one year anniversary of losing our son Henry, a good friend said, “Now you have two children with birthdays…
The summer that Henry died, we were in Florida visiting family. One day we drove down to Sarasota to the Ringling Circus Museum. It is always one…
Loss and grief are universal. Every one of us will encounter both at some point in our lives. The loss may look different from person to person whether it…
In the George R.R. Martin novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire, later adapted into the popular TV series, Game of Thrones, the motto of one…
“Oh, how I remember fondly the the efficiency and ease of doing business in Saudi Arabia!” This is a phrase I never thought I would utter, but…
Henry’s stone is finished and placed at the cemetery. My mom called a few weeks ago to let me know and asked if I’d like to see…
Every year at Christmas we put out our Hummel nativity. We collected the pieces over years, and they are prized possessions, which we proudly display. Mary and…
My family recently moved to France after nine years in Saudi Arabia. For good and for bad, our new home is so different from our old home. …
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven; a time to be born and a time to die, a time to…
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