The Man who Didn’t Raise Me

Rod Seiler, Enjoying a Card. Father’s Day, 2011.  Celebrating my Father on His Birthday “Your mom did a good job raising you and your brother and sister,” my dad said to me one day as we sat, just the two of us, talking.  My eyes widened. “Dad,” I said, “You did a good job, too!” “It […]


A Daughter Named Rebecca

Weddings, Vests, and Love The email exchange between my bonus daughter Rebecca and me started innocently enough: We’d ordered her father’s tuxedo for the big day and it seemed the order wasn’t for the vest and tie that Rebecca had described to us. So I was trying to clarify what color those accessories should be. […]


A Daughter Named Rebecca

Weddings, Vests, and Love The email exchange between my bonus daughter Rebecca and me started innocently enough: We’d ordered her father’s tuxedo for the big day and it seemed the order wasn’t for the vest and tie that Rebecca had described to us. So I was trying to clarify what color those accessories should be. […]


A Daughter Named Rebecca

Weddings, Vests, and Love The email exchange between my bonus daughter Rebecca and me started innocently enough: We’d ordered her father’s tuxedo for the big day and it seemed the order wasn’t for the vest and tie that Rebecca had described to us. So I was trying to clarify what color those accessories should be. […]


Tripping Over the Trinity

Loving on Cadence and Making Pancakes. Las Vegas. July, 2011. Talking Theology with Cadence It is Friday morning, near the end of our week-long, three-generation family vacation.  My husband and I occupy a suite adjoining the one shared by my daughter, son-in-law, and grandsons.  Our lodging strategy has worked well. We’ve spent days together as […]