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Unfit for Publication
“I blush to add that when the bird Took in the situation He said one brief, emphatic word, Unfit for publication.” (~Guy Wetmore Carryl) My Bear is memorizing The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven for his literature class. When he recited this stanza to me, I thought to myself, “How fitting for today.” (Although…
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A Resounding Yes
This past year and a half has been a drain on our family… on Brian’s and my marriage, on the children, on my parents. It is exhausting to be constantly fighting for survival–survival of us, of our hearts. Sometimes it seems survival of our very faith, even though I know that He Who began a…
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Heavy Lifting
As I enter our church’s sanctuary this Sunday, a man whom I knew but had only spoken to a handful of times stops me with a gentle smile. “Angie,” he says, looking intently, “We are praying. Over and over and over we are praying for you.” I bow my head, already weepy from the truths…
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Twists and Turns
“The world is indeed full of peril…” The last week has been a roller coaster with as many twists and turns as it has had ups and downs. I have reeled afresh with the struggle that cancer brings, the unknowns, the changes to what had become normalcy, the physical suffering. I have had several phone…
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What Has Been Given
Lately life has seemed like just a chaos of holding on to hope and making it through each day. I realize there are many of us out there who feel this way, no matter what the cause may be. We have been learning the new normal of treatment, response, recovery and then chemo again, and…
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A Spring of Joy 