Welcome home,” our son-in-law, John, greeted us with a wry grin. Lori and I had arrived home exhausted, having driven the 900-mile trip from Oklahoma to visit family. While we were gone, our other “little family” —daughter Madi, son-in-law John, and their three kiddos, Eli (13), Emmie (8), and Noah (2 )—had moved temporarily in …
Physical pain can be a voice, for good or for bad, whispering to us in our bumps and bruises, other times shouting: warning us of serious life issues lurking out there on the distant horizon. Sometimes, when we’re courageous enough to peer into the depths of pain, it reveals something more about life than what …
I was chatting with a physician about health issues. He spoke about one of his mentors, a retired doctor who remains active and fit. “The key,” his mentor told him, “is not to let the ‘old man’ in.” Later, I discovered it’s a quote from Clint Eastwood. The backstory is that in 2018, the singer …
It was the door to my son’s car. It fell off. Well, almost. They (our son, David, his wife, Kayla, their two-year-old twins, and Stella, aged four) had visited us for the weekend. They had the kids’ toys, “sleep sacks,” and all their luggage packed tightly in their car and were ready to head home. …
If you were not familiar with Charlie Kirk before his assassination last week, you surely are now. Kirk’s tragic death, “a political assassination” in the words of Utah’s governor, has shaken Americans. All but the most morally callous and insensitive readily denounced his murder. This horrific shooting is something different, though no less tragic, than …