FOOTBALL FIX!!!

posted 4 months ago and has 0 comments
It is APRIL, I'm in serious withdrawl, have watched a little arena - okay, but not the same thing. So, curtesy of my sister, who has a whole lot more money than I do and made a sizeable donation to a charity, I got to tour the San Diego Charger tr...

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE

posted 4 months ago and has 3 comments
Several things have come together lately to make Mike and I aware of the fact that we have managed to make a difference. We recently watched the movie "The Freedom Writers", and realized that the atmosphere she created in her classroom is the same...

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What caused my PTSD?

posted 5 months ago and has -1 comments
What caused my PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)? I'm not yet ready to talk about my childhood abuss. Suffice it to say I received multiple forms of abuse, from multiple people, for a prolonged period of time.

As an adult, my therapist consi...

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Gratitude For My Faith

posted 6 months ago, updated 1 minute later and has 1 comment
I really hadn't started out to post a blog on this one. I had occasion to write about where I stood on faith. It really was the most casual, informal thing. As I wrote, though, I was struck (as I often am) by how truly lucky I am. I DO have a real...

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Football & Song - Just A Typcial Family Adventure

posted 6 months ago and has 0 comments
Well . . . . We were NOT rooting for the Giants! Oh, well. It was an exciting game - and it turned out to be an adventure in our true family tradition.

Husband Mike, son Michael, and I were not quite home from a weekend at SongShare when we got ...

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MIRACLES AND FOOTBALL

posted 7 months ago and has 0 comments
As the momentum build to this Sunday's playoff game . . . as I pour over stats, injury reports, and press releases with my sons . . . . as we load the van with banners, teddy bears, and pompoms . . . I have to reflect on where my family is, and ho...

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Memories of Madeleine L'Engle

posted 11 months ago and has 1 comment
It was bittersweetly nice to see my Godmother (Madeleine L'Engle) covered in the obituaries. She was an extraordinary woman, and one of the most powerful positive influences in my life - and in the lives of so many others. She was one of the great...

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