The break from my bi-monthly blog articles may have been needed, but the lack of discipline with my writing has made returning to it, daunting. The jury is out. Return to Albuquerque The truth is, the prospect of returning to Albuquerque is also a bit daunting. It isn’t just Cambridge and the adventures I’ve enjoyed. I’ve loved my simpler, stress-free…
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What are You Doing?
This morning I woke to the knowledge that somehow in this new stress-free rhythm of life I had lost a day. My computer read Wednesday while I was making a plan for Tuesday. By all accounts, I have settled into this gift, this respite, this “short period of relief from something difficult.” Having no expectations for myself is new territory….
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Again, and again, and again, and again…
It was a clandestine operation. But the night before the ‘final step zoom interview’, he couldn’t help himself. My extroverted son, confessed his latest pursuit of a full time position in Brooklyn, NY, starting, Aug 1st. (the fact that it was the exact same day we would depart for the UK was not lost on me). Afterwards, like the cat…
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What are the Chances?
July 6, 2022… it is beginning to feel real. I read it like everyone else from our congregation— a short and to the point email announcing Doug’s 3 month sabbatical that begins in LESS THAN A MONTH. “On August 1st Debbie and I will be heading to Cambridge, England. We will be staying at Tyndale House as I work on my…
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The Crinkled Picture
Ages ago when our kids were young, Doug asked me what I wanted for my birthday. With syrupy kindness I said, “oh nothing dear, I have everything I ever wanted.” We both chuckled and the conversation ended. You probably guessed it. That birthday I got exactly what I had asked for. An Important Lesson In Doug’s defense, unable to…
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