Tears of Thanksgiving
They started in my church parking lot. When I turned in, off of 26th Street, an older masked man motioned …
Category Archives: faith
Caring Lessons Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
Ten years ago this month, the completed copies of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith and Self arrived in Chicago. …
Writing Workshops: Helpful?
Have you ever had your writing critiqued in a writing workshop? If not, you’d be in for an experience like …
Grief at Twenty-four Months: A Rummage Sale Made Me Do It
On this second anniversary of my husband’s death, I’ve made an unplanned purge of his belongings. Our church’s rummage sale, …
An “Unprecedented” Sunday
Unprecedented! When you saw that word, what came to mind? I don’t know about you, but I’m wearying of that …
Grief at Nineteen Months: Blindside Wipeout and Surprise Mochas
Surprises happen most days in my newish-widow life. Fun things like trying to shovel thick sheets of ice off the …
Grief at Eighteen Months: Contemplation
“Here I sit by a fire pit at a lovely resort in Arizona contemplating…” Three years ago this month I …
Grief at Fifteen Months: How Long Has It Been?
I ran into some folks the other day who’d come to pray with Marv two days before his death. I’d …
Grace Notes #17: Grief at One Year
What was there is no longer there: Not his touch, not his words: “I prefer you without clothes” Not the …
Grace Notes #15: Grief at Nine Months
Ants on the bathroom counters. Kitchen cabinet door hanging loose from its top hinge. Battery dead in the Beetle in …
