Relationships

Midway through the morning a call came in from the specialist’s office:   "The high-end specialist (who is booked out clear into April) just so happens to have an appointment available this afternoon.   If you can make it in…

It had been freeze-raining all morning.   And the weather forecast was calling for snow in the afternoon.  Sure enough, around 11am the freeze-rain turned to snow.    There were a couple of really important medical appointments that afternoon.    But…

One of the awkward things about being in the ER is that each small claustrophobic bed-space is separated only by a thin fabric curtain from the adjacent space.  Hence  …  the occupant in the adjacent bed (only a…

In Matthew 25:34-40 Jesus gives a picture of what love looks like:   “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,  I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,  I was a stranger and…

What is love?   Is love a festive heart-shaped pillow?   Is love a sparkly box of delicious chocolates?  Is love a sentimental greeting card?   What does love look like?   Love is taking the only free day that you have…

Throughout my life I have had practically no experience going to the ER.    My only perspective of what the ER is like has been based on what I have seen in movies and TV shows.   In my mind,…

As I have been “connecting” to my different plants, in order to listen to their hidden, inner “song”, it has occurred to me how strikingly similar it is to the way we each “connect” to each other in…