I’d shared in a previous post that it’s taken me a while to get into the spirit of Christmas. I became inundated with all of the depressing news that seemed to surround me at this time. My uncle died. My cousin, at 35 years young, is winning the battle, praise God, against malignant tumors in […]
Fighting the Holiday Funk
My extended blog break–at least this time–is somewhat intentional. I really wanted to wait until I was mentally in a better place, or at least until I could frame my thoughts differently. But–that moment hasn’t come yet, and so I write with all the candor that is me, and all the baa-humbug that defines my mood […]
Thankful
Plan A was to write this post on last week before we began our fall semester, but the days have been busy, friends. With what looked like an open window of time and opportunity, I decided to take advantage of an offer to complete a certification for work over the next four weeks. I’ve also […]
Quality, not Quantity, in Reading
‘And now it was that, being on some occasion made asham’d of my ignorance in figures, which I had twice failed in learning when at school, I took Cocker’s book of Arithmetick, and went through the whole by myself with great ease. I also read Seller’s and Shermy’s books of Navigation, and became acquainted with […]
Cancer through a Child’s Eyes
This was a post our youngest daughter wrote on her blog. Two weeks ago we attended the funeral of a dear friend who battled cancer on three different times in the last few years. By way of explanation, during this final bout, the cancer spread from her lymph nodes and through her body, even into the […]