As I sit down this morning at my pine rough hewn breakfast table, I’m struck with the exquisite glory of morning sunshine, which turns the fresh sunflowers In the red glass vase in front of me, the most delicious hue of smoky golden yellow.  It is just breathtaking to me.. A dear friend lovingly brought … More Bathed in Glorious Light

I wait….I wonder…I lay awake and my mind travels afar off in this darkness of the night.  The moon hangs “like a fingernail” against the impossible blackness.  It is only a slice of moon, but it illuminates so gracefully the void in such a pretty arch.  I stare out my window, and my thoughts turn … More In the absolute quiet of the night

  The pilot announced from the cockpit..”fasten your seat belts ladies and gentlemen..we are expecting turbulence!”  These are never words that one finds comforting to hear, in fact the exact opposite occurs when the word turbulence is heard.  It brings fear, anticipation, and a “hang on for dear life” type of mentality.  As those words rung … More The View from above…perspective is everything

I cannot fathom that I am truly in France today…going to a local market.  The air is warm on my face, the sun brightens the day, and I am full of wonder at where this day will take us.  We have traveled far, and are spending our time at my cousin’s lovely home in Thouars. … More Joy and forgiveness on a French holiday

We are all broken…all of us in some way or another.  There are those with whom this condition is very obvious, but I fear there are so many more of us that our hurts, pain, and brokenness remains hidden.  It is always so inspiring to me when people humbly ask for help…all pride aside, and … More Come all who are broken…..

In a word..well quite impossible to describe really..The reality of the importance of girlfriends in ones’ life cannot properly be described.  They are the most precious of gifts, and times shared with each of them is always filled with a mix of laughter, tears, sharing of your hearts, and sometimes when something is very funny..a … More Girlfriends Extraordinare…..(ode to my girlfriends…you know who you are..)

Siegfried and Luba Dana, Marleen, Cindy, Janet, Renee, Elena, Dashi,and I , and many others that I’m forgetting to mention..(sorry about that…my feeble mind..)   Where is Albania?  I asked my friend Cindy.  “Guess!” She said…..Feeling a little dense, I paused and wondered out loud?..”Is it somewhere in the Baltics…Russia…I honestly do not even have a … More Wheelchairs for Albania…wait..now where exactly is that country?

I was bored in the night, and so I do what I  often do to tire myself out, and hopefully fall back off to sleep to la la land….I look through photos from my Facebook, and I pad.  So many memories..some good..some bad..and some just darn ugly.  This photo makes me smile..It was taken a … More Oh Goldilocks…I’m thinking this is not your bed..or your house for that matter

My bones…hmm..from the outside of me, they can’t truly be seen, but they are my framework, my solid, that which keeps me together, and without them I would surely be a squiggly mass of flesh and muscle writhing about on the floor like a poor misshapen snake like creature.  One never really thinks about ones’ … More My bones…my bones are all out of joint

And I do believe ladies and gentlemen, that I indeed am stuck…wedged at the bottom of this tube, precariously balancing my “special needs ” daughter atop my lap in a tube because of course I got the “not so brilliant” idea that I should attempt this activity…sounded like a plan, where nothing out of  the … More And she floated out into the lake…and there she stayed…