Why I Wrote My Book
In 2015, my mother passed away. It followed over a year of hospital visits, nursing home stays, countless hours of in-home care provided by my […]
Press Down and Shaken Together
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For […]
What Does Restoration Look Like?
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locusts has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I […]
Redemption after Destruction
Sometimes our lives feel like utter devastation. Maybe not by outward appearance, but definitely on the inside. The human heart can bear more pain than […]
Layers of Memories: Before and After Loss
My baby turns 17 next month. His nearly six foot frame towers over me. He is looking at colleges and preparing for his driver’s test. […]
Lessons in Grief: 3, 4, and 23 Years Later
Monday marked the 3rd anniversary of the death of our son. Unable to fall asleep, I found myself crying in the middle of the night. […]
Finding God is Bigger in Our Sorrows
“Aslan,” said Lucy, “you’re bigger.” “That is because you are older, little one,” answered he. “Not because you are?” “I am not. But every year […]
Sunday is Coming
My yard is beginning to burst with color. The daffodils are blooming as are the forsythia. My favorite, the lilacs, are just about ready to […]
Dreams Deferred Rise Up
If weeks had themes, this one would have been “Dreams.” I’m reading Carry On, Mr. Bowditch with my 4th grade students. It’s a biographical fiction novel […]
Buoyancy: The Inheritance of Grief
This week marked the moment in my life where I have now lived longer fatherless than I lived with a father. Losing my father in […]