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Well Done My Friend…in Memory of Jim

Well Done My Friend…in Memory of Jim

Over my 13 years teaching middle school band, I worked alongside four, amazing men. The skills and lessons I learned from each of them helped me as I embarked on a second and now third career. My last person I worked with was Jim. Jim could talk to anyone. With a...
One Word 2021

One Word 2021

It is finally here. A new year. A clean slate. A year filled with possibilities. My One Word for 2020 was reverence. I had great plans for it mainly centering on my spiritual life. When the pandemic hit the world changed and nothing was the same. I did not give my...
Cooking as a Spiritual Practice

Cooking as a Spiritual Practice

I love to cook. I’m not a “fancy” cook making dishes that require obscure ingredients or complicated methods of cooking, I cook food that makes my family happy. From a big breakfast of eggs, papitas and sausage to the MacDonald Fajita Feast or...
Nightmares, Weirdness and Love

Nightmares, Weirdness and Love

I am having nightmares and they are pretty bizarre. I sometimes wake up with my heart racing, yet I am unable to remember the specifics of my dream. Many of my nightmares are extremely violent. This is not normal for me and when I spoke to my therapist about my...
March Madness is Bittersweet

March Madness is Bittersweet

March is normally when Cabinets in the United Methodist Church convene to make appointments for the following season (July – June). And yes, March Madness (as I have heard many clergy spouses refer to appointment season) is here for the UMC. United Methodist...