Frankly, I was an unbeliever. When my husband harvested seeds from a roadside lotus plant a few years ago, I didn’t believe we could really grow it. But I kept my mouth shut as he dug a deep hole, set a plastic garbage can, and planted the seeds in soil weighted with stones in …
Category Archives: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
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 …
Cherished Children
"He's adorable!" "Oh, how sweet!" "He's so cute!" That's what we've been hearing a lot of around here as we admire our new grandboy, now just nine days old. Mom, Dad, and Grandma (that's me :)) keep touching his soft skin, chuckling at his funny faces, and rushing to pick him up at the first …