Waiting on Tomatoes

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 […]


Sometimes He Says "Not Yet"

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 […]


Freedom and Forgiveness

Choices My husband Rich and I spent some of our holiday weekend wrestling with drama. The details aren’t important; the gist is that we learned  of a hurtful situation a person close to us has been causing for some time, and that other well-meaning people have attempted to “protect” us by concealing the truth. If […]


Wedding Wonders, Part Two

When God Shows Up, Expect Amazing Things! My daughter Elaine and her Fine Young Man Rob were married on Monday, an event I’ve posted about here and here. As you might imagine, I’ve been praying for God’s blessings, on their marriage and also on their wedding day. And did He deliver! Aside from all the […]


It’s Not my Job

Hanging up my Tights and CapeI am, well, resourceful. I have a small reputation among my family and closest friends as a good problem-solver. I offer an example from my sister’s wedding, 21 years ago: When my cousin’s then-two-year-old-son disappeared, I trooped down the boardwalk of the beach next to the oceanfront reception site (in my bridesmaid’s […]