Refueling in Flight | Blog

Oct 13, 2020

Bar Ditch Breakdown

A few months after Catie died, I was driving a backroad near our East Texas home. Grieving out loud I said, “God, you have no idea what I’m

Oct 12, 2020

Gratitude

High school graduation of May 2000 was excruciating. Catie should have been in that class. Being on school board I distributed diplomas.

Oct 11, 2020

Deep Pain, a Porch and a President

Vice President Bush made an early-September swing through Texas to raise money and votes. And one of his stops was our East Texas hometown o

Oct 10, 2020

If We Love, We Will Weep

I fought back tears many times during our emotional, five-year roller-coaster ride. Sometimes I won; often the tears were victorious.

Oct 9, 2020

Sorrow is OK

SUBSCRIBE TO THE EYE OF THE STORM Many days it took all the strength I could muster to get out of bed. Sorrow has a way of draining our...

Oct 8, 2020

Lessons in the Storm

Reading an instruction manual on what to do in a storm may help sailors prepare for gale force winds and heavy seas. But until they experien

Oct 7, 2020

Twin Toxins

SUBSRIBE TO THE EYE OF THE STORM After the initial shock of Catie’s diagnoses and as a treatment plan emerged, one of my first questions...

Oct 5, 2020

Berserker Bodyguards

SUBSCRIBE TO THE EYE OF THE STORM “Beloved, I say, let your fears go, lest they make you fainthearted. Stop inspiring fear in those...

Oct 5, 2020

Surviving the Storm

SUBSRIBE TO THE EYE OF THE STORM Paul and 275 sailors, soldiers, prisoners, and passengers were caught in a fierce storm while crossing...

Oct 4, 2020

Introduction - October 4

Catie's fourth birthday was a blur. Her yearly checkup changed our lives. Catie was diagnosed with leukemia.

Sep 29, 2020

Remember and Return

I checked my pockets, looked in the usual hiding places, and asked Cay (a good woman who can find) for help locating my missing credit card.

Sep 22, 2020

Mello Cello

Even when she was a beginner, I loved hearing my daughter practice her cello. The rich mellow sounds were peaceful and cathartic.

Sep 15, 2020

Antietam Hope

September 17, 1862 was the bloodiest day in American military history. Between the Union and Confederate forces, almost 23,000 soldiers were

Sep 8, 2020

Penmanship 101

David’s “penmanship” drifted a few times in his life, and he wrote way outside the lines. But he knew where the lines were and eventually ca

Sep 1, 2020

Poison Control

On our refrigerator is a small magnetic sign with a phone number; above the number are the words POISON CONTROL. Fortunately, we have never

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