Wedding Wonders

Rod and Marilyn Seiler, May 8, 1955, La Mesa, California All About Love I’ve been creating a diagram and individual cards to direct guests to their seats at my daughter Elaine’s wedding to her beloved, Rob. Oddly enough, this bit of preparation, more than any other, has led me to reflect on love. But not […]


Blessings Everywhere

My younger grandson, Cadence, the day he was born Babies, Babies, BabiesOn Tuesday I posted about my next grandchild, a little boy due in October. I know four other couples who are expecting babies between September and January. And when I speak to these happy parents-to-be, I see God right in the middle of it. […]


Simply Amazing!

The Exclamation Point Yesterday Rich and I drove to San Diego to get our first ultrasound “peek” at our forthcoming grandchild. [Full disclosure: edited at 2 pm to add ultrasound photo of the new baby.] I’ve written before about spotting God in car accidents, in the gift of socks, in illness and death. In times […]


My Beautiful Hands

In the Eye of the Believer Last month I wrote (here) about the prospect of surgery on my arthritic left thumb. As it happens, I was scheduled to have surgery on my thumb last Thursday. An odd thing happened: On the Tuesday night before surgery, I tore my cortisone-thinned skin while removing a lidocaine patch […]


All About Love

Love: More Blessed to GiveWhenever I’m fortunate enough to spend time with young children, I am reminded how deeply they value love and relationships. They give love all they’ve got. It’s like they’re born wired to love. Our younger grandson Cadence came for a visit and sleepover on Friday. We visited the park on Friday […]