Grandparenting: Two Speeds

Daphne and Me, Wearing Our Costumes. April, 2015. Rich and I cared for my daughter’s two youngest ones this past weekend. Might I say, without putting too fine a point on it, that menopause was one of God’s very best design features? My respect for parents, and their keeping up with their loveable tilt-a-whirl preschoolers, is rejuvenated. And you grandparents […]


The Day My Face Fell

Wedding Favor. October, 2011. Prayer, Prednisone and Immanuel “It’s Bell’s Palsy,” the doctor said. “It’ll probably get worse over the next few weeks, then improve. Most of the time it goes away after three or four months.” He reached for his prescription pad. “Um. Our daughter’s wedding is in ten days.”  The doctor smiled at […]


Wedding Gifts, Part One: The Day My Face Fell

Wedding Favor. October, 2011. Prayer, Prednisone and Immanuel “It’s Bell’s Palsy,” the doctor said. “It’ll probably get worse over the next few weeks, then improve. Most of the time it goes away after three or four months.” He reached for his prescription pad. “Um. Our daughter’s wedding is in ten days.”  The doctor smiled at […]


Wedding Gifts, Part One: The Day My Face Fell

Wedding Favor. October, 2011. Prayer, Prednisone and Immanuel “It’s Bell’s Palsy,” the doctor said. “It’ll probably get worse over the next few weeks, then improve. Most of the time it goes away after three or four months.” He reached for his prescription pad. “Um. Our daughter’s wedding is in ten days.”  The doctor smiled at […]


The Pop Quiz

Our Church On a Hill: Trabuco Canyon Community Church. Humility. Hmm. Yesterday we made our way up the narrow road to our small hillside church home. The sun shone, our pastor and his family had returned from a trip, it was Communion day. All was well. At the service’s beginning we rose and greeted our […]