I slept fitfully off and on all night. At 3:30 am I woke up in a panic from a dream I was having. I finally got back to sleep, only to wake up again at 6:30 am. Ugh! I could have slept in. It was Saturday, and I didn’t have to get up and out the door early for once. I ...
Seven deaths. Seven deaths in two weeks. My husband and I are pastors, and in the last two weeks alone, we’ve experienced seven deaths around us. Five church members and two in the lives of friends. That’s a lot of funerals. That’s a lot of sadness. Even for an emotionally and spiritually strong person, that’s a hard pill to swallow. Performing ...
I live in NE Ohio, and we’re smack in the middle of my favorite season. Fall. Football. Bonfires and s’mores. Jeans and hoodies. This year, though, it still feels like summer, with the high temps and humidity hanging on for dear life (I had the air conditioner on yesterday for crying out loud). I’m not complaining, mind you. We wear boots ...
I was walking my normal route earlier this week, huffing and puffing because I’m not as consistent as I’d like to be and am trying to get as fast as I used to be, and got stopped by a couple who was loading their moving van. They pulled me aside to tell me they’ve been watching me walk by their house ...
My body has been mean to me lately. I’ve been doing this thing for the last lots of months where I wake up early. No matter what time I go to bed, I’m up between 4 and 5 am. Once in a blue moon, I’m able to roll over and go back to sleep. But usually…..I’m wide awake. I don’t ...