Feelings

You’re on a new eating plan to lose weight. It is comprised of mostly chicken and things that taste like dirt. It excludes all of the things you love. But, you have a dream… Of [...]

 The world we live in is absolutely chock full of comfort.   It’s a world of scientifically-engineered foam so our bodies can rest in comfort.   Gel insoles so we can walk in comfort.   Stretch [...]

Death has touched my life in profound ways recently.   It has caused me to pause and to think about life in a different way.   I heard a poem* read at one of the funerals I attended.   It [...]

My sister-in-law passed away 5 days ago.   My sweet, kind, bright, loving, warm, beautiful, faithful, gentle, strong, thoughtful sister-in-law.   Wife to my brother, mother to 4 amazing kids, [...]

My best friends work at a paper company together.   I visit them at their office all the time.   You’d think the regional office of a paper company would be boring.   But it’s one of my favorite [...]

My father-in-law passed away yesterday.   He was a great man who left an indelible impression on the world and all who knew him.   He was ill, and we knew it was coming, but death is never [...]

We live in a culture of pleasure.   We seek immediate gratification.   We need to feel good, and fast, so we can endure to the end.   We are promised happiness in a bottle of [...]

My husband is rare, special, and amazing.   He is brilliant-he knows the answer to almost any question.   He is good at EVERYTHING-motorcycling, snowboarding, art, math, negotiating and on and [...]

We’ve all felt it.   Some negative emotion that is so intense…   So uncomfortable…   That we feel like we need to get away from it…and quick.   So we rush to our escape hatch…   And pull [...]

On occasion, I find myself in the rather long checkout lines at IKEA.   It gives me plenty of time to ponder…   I’m usually there to get a few random items (those I need, and those I only [...]