“Hi, Mom….Ummmm….is dad there?” This phone greeting was a regular occurrence during our girls’ college years. It’s not that I didn’t talk to them. We talked a lot. We talked about dating, classes, papers, friends and outings. I spent hours on the phone listening to tiny details of who wore what, who went where, and who …
My Mother’s Model of Love
“Do my cool hands feel good, Mama?” I watched from the bedside as my mother touched my grandmother’s face tenderly. We had gathered around the frail eighty-eight-year-old woman to be with her in her final hours. Actually, for my own mother, it hadn’t just involved a few days of care. Mother had been tending to her …
Entering His Presence
Father, Thank You for Your mysterious wisdom. All along, You have been storing up wonders greater than anything that we can think or imagine. Your gifts to us aren’t necessarily things that we can see, but are way better than that. Indeed, Your lavish present is sourced from the depth of Your heart – Your very Spirit. By …