It was January 4, 1990. I was a bank manager for an International bank in Las Vegas, Nevada where I lived at the time. It was my second day on the job. The bank had been open for a few hours and already we were busy. The teller line extended…
Read moreWhile driving with my youngest son and listening to some of his questions. It occurred to me as adults we ask the same questions we did as a child. We may use bigger words, or make it appear more mature in our language, but we still struggle with the same…
Read moreAs a deer pants for flowing streams,so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God,for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is…
Read moreEarlier this week I got a jolt. I had a message on my phone from my daughter’s neurologist office saying that we had an appointment. It didn’t say when, just that we did–aren’t automated messages lovely? Now, to begin with I thought we had cancelled this appointment when we took…
Read moreSometimes kids are profound. This morning as I combed the rats out of my eleven-year-old daughter’s hair, she looked at me and said, “Mom, what would you say to someone who uses the phrase; ‘Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?’†In my straight forward way I…
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