Oct 31, 2020THE EYE OF THE STORMSomeone once said, “Writing is easy you just sit at the typewriter and bleed on the keys.” That has been my experience the past 28 days;...
Oct 30, 2020FUNERAL POWERStrength in and from others was a gift I did not realize at the time but appreciate deeply now.
Oct 29, 2020HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD METears still well up whenever that hymn is sung ... I often sing the alternate words not only to remember Catie, but because they are true.
Oct 28, 2020POUR OUT THE WATERA few days before Catie died, I came to the traumatic realization that she would be better off with Jesus than clinging to her painful life.
Oct 27, 2020Healthy OutletsAfter Catie died, a wise lady told me that my emotional energy for Catie would have no place to go, and it needed an outlet. She was right!
Oct 26, 2020WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND?Don't avoid those in pain. You do not need special training to be a friend. Some of the people who reached out to us during the dark days
Oct 25, 2020TEMPTATIONMy worthiness was a bargaining chip, and God would not forsake the righteous! After she died, the root sin of anger blossomed into numerous
Oct 24, 2020WHAT WE 'SEE' IN THE DARKMostly I would just toss and turn, hoping for sleep to take away my troubled thoughts.
Oct 23, 2020AMBASSADORIAL ADVENTURESLosing a child brought me face-to-face with some significant truths: There are questions our human minds will never answer.
Oct 22, 2020UNANSWERED QUESTIONSYou would not be much of a God if I could understand what you are doing!