The Possiblities of Loss

For the past 10 years of our 36 year marriage, my husband and I have slept in different rooms. I resisted that for several years, but finally we decided we really had to sleep apart if either of us were to sleep well—I snored, his legs twitched. I cried myself to sleep, pouring out my …

A Sure Foundation

“That steel I-beam sure looks strong.” My husband and I had just awakened this morning in the unfinished basement of my daughter’s two-story house. “It looks strong, but in a fire, wood would only char. That steel is like hard wax–it would melt. A beam of several pine 2x12s nailed and glued together would maintain …