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This is a picture of our 15-month-old grandson Sam attempting to saddle his dog Patches in hopes of catching a ride up to his crib. Isn’t it delightful? Can’t you just feel the connection? The peaceful accord between a baby and a dog. When Sam’s mom Kelly sent the picture we shook our heads in wonderment. How could two different species reach such contented … Continue reading Of Dogs and Babies
Recently I had a fitful night of worry, tossing and turning, my thoughts uncontrollably circulating downward. The impending move to the Pacific Northwest had me anxious. It was two o’clock in the morning and I found myself counting all the things that could go wrong. I thought, it’s one thing to have moved to Chicago at age 22, quite another to return to Seattle at … Continue reading Good Morning
“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” ― C.S. Lewis A parent’s relationship to pain cannot help but be passed on to their children. Like many of you, my mother’s complicated relationship with pain was passed on to me. Here … Continue reading Pain
When I was 14 years old I got a job selling newspapers at the County Hospital. The hospital served an indigent population, many in need of long term care. It was my first real job and one in which I encountered many remarkable people. One such lesson was from a woman named Lilly. She lived in a room on the 4th floor on a secured … Continue reading Making Use of Depression