It Happens on this Day
May 6th was on my mind. I checked my calendar – nada, nothing showing except for me working at the family center all day and serving communion at church on Saturday night. There must be something else because I keep thinking I need to blog about whatever it may be. Still nothing. So, I googled…
The TREAT of October 31st, 1922
The TREAT of October 31st, 1922Just one last love proclamation for this sweet little lady, Mom, my dear mother-in-law, Lydia (Winick) Wuerch, born on October 31st, 1922, 100 years ago. Not the trick, but the treat of this day! She was done with this side of heaven, praying daily: “Lord, please take me home!” Her…
Taking One Day at a Time
My sister (more than the sis-in-law she really is) and I frequently have long “catch-up” telephone conversations. She is beyond being a “trooper”. I want to clarify that word “trooper”. She is exactly what the dictionary says she is. Other than being a soldier or police officer, it means “someone willing to participate in difficult…
Stop and Look Around Once in a While
In the words of the great philosopher, Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you’ll miss it!” That is so true, and unless you’re my age, or more, you may not give those words a second thought now — but give it a few years,…
Taking One Day at a Time
Yesterday, my sis-in-law and I caught up on each other’s lives. She’s in Tulsa. For now, I’m in Austin. We both have very active, on-the-go families and there’s much to talk about. My years of caring for elderly parents have passed, but she and my bro-in-law are still caring for their 96 and 97-year-old mothers.…