Category: Living

Life is hard. And full. And awesome. Live it.

  • Dinner #1

    My Mom requested a visit. Not really something my Mom does. But since she’s doing chemo, she’s allowed. Yes, cancer. Aggressive. And to be fair, I offered. So I’m visiting my Mom and Dad. Mom’s other request was that I come up and make dinner. I get to set the menu. A lesser man would…

  • The Missing Word: how to not say No

    My daughter wrapped me around her finger before she could grab things and twist them. Before she could even see more than two feet in front of her face. She lights up my world when she greets me at the door and when I pick her up from school. For her, I argue with the…

  • Happy Anniversary!

    Earlier this year, I made the decision to celebrate the fun moments in life. The milestones and the happy things that happen along the road of living. Not all of them happened like I planned. I forgot to celebrate my 13,000th day of life. I missed my 600th blog post I have yet to celebrate…

  • Hair

    Hair

    My son got a hold of a phone. I love the result. Published via Pressgram

  • Finishing a Homily

    Finishing a Homily

    I took a break from my sermonizing to capture the sky; it’s pink-dappled clouds on a purple backdrop. It was an image so big that it forced its way through my small office window, distracting me. This moment was two-thirds of the way through, but it captures the chasing-darkness aspect of writing as well as…

  • Thanksgiving Projects

    As much as she loves the gathering with family and her cousins, I think my Baby’s favorite part is the projects. Published via Pressgram

  • A new look

    One of the commonly-held rules of blogging is not to change your site. Pick a theme and stick with it. Sorry. I can’t. It isn’t who I am. The furniture in my childhood home never stayed in one place for more than a few months at a time. One room or another was always being…

  • One simple way the church can stop failing our daughters

    One simple way the church can stop failing our daughters

    The church is failing our daughters and one thing can change that: we make their well-being a priority. Because right now, we aren’t. We claim love, diversity, equality, faith, commitment, responsibility, duty, honor, respect and so much more are our values, and we do a lot of good things. But what is our greatest priority?…