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A Letter to My Daughter One Year Later

Dear Katherine, It’s been a year now since you took your life. A year and 7 days to be precise. The truth is nothing is precise in our lives here anymore. Since that time, life goes on, but is a blur of meaningless activity overshadowed by your absence. Time is irrelevant. Day, night, hours- whatContinue reading “A Letter to My Daughter One Year Later”

The Appeal of Planners and Trusting God with Our Fairy Tale Plans

    Planning our days requires nothing more than a blank piece of paper and pen. Why then this crazy desire of many to have elaborately designed and decorated pages to squeeze into colorful boxes To Do lists,  places to go, reminders and so much more?   I have a theory and you may agreeContinue reading “The Appeal of Planners and Trusting God with Our Fairy Tale Plans”

Planning but Trusting God in the Hard Stuff

And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray, saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”   I am 12, kneeling on the floor of my bedroom, squinting while scribbling lyrics to a rock n’Continue reading “Planning but Trusting God in the Hard Stuff”