I had some help again this year in planting our vegetable garden. You might say I’m training the next generation, engaging them while they’re eager to help me, but they’re also enjoying it. At Easter, I bought both girls their … Continue reading →
VON Sakura House Hospice Sakura (‘SAH-ku-ra’ or ‘sah-KUH-ra’), the Japanese word for cherry blossom…The cherry blossom reminds us of the fragility and impermanence of life and seemed the perfect symbol for our hospice. It’s just two weeks, as I write this, … Continue reading →
Yesterday when doing business at our bank and mentioning about my father’s death, our advisor expressed her condolences and something about making memories. She said,”You’re still making memories.” That’s so true. We’ve got many. If all the photos that we … Continue reading →
When the snow recedes and the flowers come up and bloom, that’s the thing I like best about spring. A couple of times, I thought spring had finally made it, then we had more snow and ice in our … Continue reading →
Could it be two weeks already since our women’s retreat. I look at my planner and it most surely is. Last year our retreat was cancelled when the church camp was closed for the winter and until May. Our retreat, … Continue reading →
It took a long time for me to understand about seasons going out or coming in like a “lamb” and “lion.” Is it for real? If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb. Sandi … Continue reading →
We can well dream of the season ahead when plant life begins to poke its head above the soil and the sun warms them and helps them grow, yet we must live in the now and not in dreamland. For … Continue reading →
Although winter seemed to have left us, we’re still in February and in that month we can have anything from thaw to heaps of snow. The snow started falling last evening, following up the rain we had during the afternoon, … Continue reading →
Wrapping up the end of a year financially can be an extra busy time, different than Christmas, but busy all the same. And here’s the time that accountants, and bookkeepers who help us get our books in order, move into … Continue reading →
Two years ago today, we were preparing to attend the funeral of my childhood friend, Gayleen. Since then, I’ve endured the loss of friends— Kathy, Susan and Pat— this year, and others, and of course, Samantha, who died much too … Continue reading →
