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Caspian Pink! Growing Patience More than any other character trait, patience challenges me. I often pray for more patience, despite my friends’ half-joking warnings that it’s a dangerous thing to request. Each summer I grow a “Juliet” grape tomato for salads and a larger heirloom for slicing. Last year’s “Black Krim” was incredibly tasty, but […]
Cadence and Papa Rich practicing physics Limits of Understanding Though I was a good student, physics defied me. My brain didn’t tune in to the distinction between mass and weight; my eyes glazed over when I tried to comprehend formulas full of variables. My sister, an engineer, sent me her Schaum’s Outline. My dad, another engineer, tried […]
The Two-Year Table When Rich and I bought our home, we also, for the first time in our adult lives, bought new furniture chosen specifically for our new house. No more cast-off coffee tables or second-hand sofas for us: finally, in midlife, we would enjoy a home furnished just as we wanted it. We selected most […]
A Travel Challenge: Updated BelowIt’s not quite 6 a.m. in California. I’m sitting in John Wayne Airport, enjoying free wifi, coffee and a cinnamon chip scone before I board my flight to Phoenix, then on to Baltimore. As my husband Rich drove me to the airport in the early-morning darkness, I mentally set a myself a […]
Wait for HimMy good friend Denise, a staff member at our church, shared this story with me last month. We offer baptisms after each service. On Sunday mornings, baptisms occur at about 10:30, then again about 12:30, after the second service. “Sunday morning, [April 11] Carol and I were talking about divine appointments while waiting for the 11:15 […]
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