I have to say that the 4th of July isn’t one of my favorite holidays - patriotism isn’t exactly raging through me. But as we were enjoying the fireworks on the beach in Mexico this evening, it occurred to me that the 4th of July is one of those holidays (unlike say, Labor Day) that [...]

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(This is part of a group of blogs remembering on All Saints Day; you can find a full list of blogs participating here. This particular post was written a few weeks ago, but seems appropriate today still)
Our season of grieving deepened today as we learned one of our professors has begun her hospice journey. She [...]

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We went flying this weekend. Safely, of course, strapped to a seat, connected to a track, superman style. We were at Six Flags and we got to fly Superman, which is my favorite rollercoaster. I have something of a love/hate relationships with rollercoasters. I love them when I get off and hate them when I’m [...]

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Dawg joined us in the living room tonight (we should probably give him a change of scenery more often). After darting to and fro taking in his new surroundings, he has been floating calmly in the water. Sometimes I think he’s sleeping, but then it turns out we’re having a staring contest and he loses [...]

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Our season of grieving deepened today as we learned one of our professors has begun her hospice journey. She has fought cancer valiantly and lived to see remission and the gift a new lease on life can bring. But the monster has fought back and her cancer has spread. She went home today with the [...]

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There seem to be times, months, weeks, days when everyone around me is surrounded by grief. Before classes begin, prayer requests come tumbling out for people who have lost grandparents, for people fighting cancer, for people grieving the death of a child, for tragedies of all colors and stripes.
We are in such a season now [...]

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It seems like time spins by so quickly these days: a flurry of classes, meetings, to-do lists, and appointments. In the hustle and bustle, it’s hard to find time to sit still; in classes I take notes and write e-mails and create posters, at home I read and make phone calls, in the car I [...]

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Hey,
It’s been so long since I’ve written. I’m sorry. Time seems to slip by so quietly this summer. I had every intention of sitting down to write to you weeks ago, but then I looked down and weeks had gone by. So many days the hours seemed to dig their nails in rather than pass [...]

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