Browsing Category 'happy endings'
September 11th is a sad day in our national memory. A day filled with ashes. It is also a day of great celebration in our family. A day filled with Beauty. Happy Birthday, Elena Rochelle.
Read more...1. The words “all clear” from Serenity’s cancer doctor. (again) 2. Public hugs from middle school grandsons. 3. A job I enjoy. 4. A job, at all. 5. Lunch with my parents. 6. The magical internet that lets me know what my children had for breakfast seconds after it pops up in their toaster. 7. [...]
Read more...I’d like to think I’ve learned not to take life for granted. But, here it is, only three years after Serenity Beth was diagnosed with rare, aggressive cancer, and already I’ve dismissed the brass band instead of marching it down the street on her birthday. Seriously, we should be throwing a magnificent party today because [...]
Read more...Forty years ago, a man walked on the moon. It was truly incredible. Families everywhere gathered around their television sets to watch one giant step for mankind. And our dad missed the whole show. We lived on a farm where television reception was spotty. We could usually watch one of three channels, but to do [...]
Read more...I rewrote Chapter 24 of my work-in-progress last night because it was too sad. Actually, the story was probably fine, but life is feeling a little too sad right now. One of our good friends is critically ill. Another is fighting breast cancer. Two others are investigating suspicious spots. (Did I mention I hate cancer?) [...]
Read more...We’re having an unusually green July around here. Usually the lawns without sprinkler systems are already turning brown and crunchy this time of year. Instead, they are thick and green. Foliage is lush beside the country roads and everything looks more like spring than mid-summer. It’s because of the rain, of course. Lots and lots [...]
Read more...We’re throwing a party in our neighborhood this weekend. Local officials estimate 20,000 people could show up over the entire two-day event. That is a pretty big deal since only about 200 of us actually live here. Our community is famous for being strange. Fifteen years ago, our town was a cornfield. Then a local [...]
Read more...Charity and her family at the beach this summer. It was a crazy time to have a baby. Wendell was in his second year of medical school, and we were living on student loans that had already exceeded ten years of his previous salary. We had also exceeded the highly recommended 2.5 children by a [...]
Read more...When our granddaughter, Claire Felicity White, was born, we stood around her little bed like this. The first night we crowded twenty-some people into the cubicle and willed our less-than-two-pound-baby to be strong. After her twin sister, Ellery Blythe, slipped through a portal to Glory, we stood around Claire and sang songs. We recited scripture [...]
Read more...I’ve always been a strong beleiver in saying things out loud to put them in perspective. This can be dangerous, of course. My husband has been known to take shelter occassionally because he fears losing a limb in the mine-field of my emotions. The thoughts swirling in my head at any given moment can lanch [...]
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