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Last night in my dream, I found myself sitting in a classroom.  I was there with several other people who were taking a course in grief.  This was no ordinary class on the theory of grief. We had each volunteered to experience the passing of a loved one so that we could learn what grief […]

Today is the day, the day we take Kayla back to school for her junior year, the first time we’ll be moving her into an apartment, the end of summer.  We take two cars up to Toledo.  I drive Kayla’s car so she will have it there. Tywana drives her SUV stuffed to the gills, […]

I remember being a kid and, I think like most kids, I couldn’t want to grow up.  When I was grown I would be able to do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it.  No more people telling me where to be and when to be there or what I couldn’t […]

I never thought I’d see the day when an REO Speedwagon song would bring me to tears.  But, it doesn’t take much these days.  I was on my walk/run this morning and this song came, In My Dreams, came up in my playlist.  It makes me cry every time I hear it now. There was […]

… and so are you.   Today I was taking my walk, making one of the turns at the end of a cul de sac. There I encounter a guy I see walking his pit bull  pretty often. He came across the street toward me.  I removed my headphones so I could hear because I […]

Wow. Last night was one of those restless nights where dreams just kept rolling from one to the other, mostly incoherent. I remember meeting Kenny Loggins and singing songs from his This Is It album and reminiscing with him.  I remember bits and pieces of other things. Then, I remember being shown old pictures of […]

My buddy Bill and I meet every few weeks for a walk along a bike/jogging trail. Today it looks like we won’t be able to make it because it’s pouring rain and it’s supposed to rain most of the day.  So, I call it off. But, Bill’s an adventurer, way more adventurous than I.  Bill […]

It’s a rainy Monday morning. I was supposed to take a walk with a friend, but it looks like we will have to take a rain check. My back was hurting too much to walk yesterday, so it looks like I will miss two days in a row. Bad for my psyche, nut probably good […]

Back to school time and everyone is posting pictures of their kids excited to start a new year. It’s a bittersweet time for a lot of parents. Kids are excited, but mindful parents know that the beginning of the school year marks one more step towards that baby you carried home going off on her […]

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. So yeah, Jesus said that.  And, for a very long time, the straightforward meaning was good enough for me.  Jesus meant that He was going to sacrifice Himself, to go the cross to die for His friends.  He was willing […]