“Whatcha preaching on?” That was the way my dad would answer the phone when I called him on Sunday mornings. Before, “Good morning,” or “How ya doing?” he would ask, “Whatcha preaching on?” Always on the way to church on Sunday, I would call. Though I would talk to Dad most every morning, Sundays were …
“I’ve got this,” my son, David, told me as he reached for the check. “What are you talking about?” I asked. And my wife, Lori, chimed in, “You don’t need to pay for our dinner.” We were visiting David in his new home. His girlfriend had driven down to meet us for dinner at a …
“You should try it,” my wife, Lori, told me after her first experience with acupuncture. I was skeptical; after all, hadn’t she told me the same thing after she had been to yoga exercise class? I could almost feel the body contortions returning as I thought of those awkward yoga poses. Images of the young …
We span the decades; these old friends of mine. “We’re planning to go to the Kentucky Derby. Got any suggestions?” they called and asked me several months ago. I didn’t have any, really, other than my sage advice for them to avoid the crowds as much as possible. “You haven’t changed,” Cindy laughed. “On the …
Standing by her bed, I watch her sleeping peacefully. With her bed covers neatly tucked under her chin, she appears almost like someone laid to rest in a coffin. Bending over, I listen, making sure I can hear her breathing. I don’t know what type of strokes she has had the past few years; all …