Good Morning, God! Suzy and Kit are chatting away downstairs as they prepared to go play tennis.And I am sitting here ruminating on December, on 2011 and on my life. The thought foremost in my mind is daughter Sandy’s observation…
Yearly Archives: 2011
End of the Year Thoughts
Good Morning, God! I’m remembering a line from M. Scott Peck. It is something to the effect that A Parent Who Refuses to Learn From His Child Is Condemned to an Early Senility. That statement rings too true! Thank You,…
Tagged with: being a Very Proud Person, Pride
Posted in accepting my need for help, Being a Very Proud Person, daughters, Families, family visits, learning, Pride
Posted in accepting my need for help, Being a Very Proud Person, daughters, Families, family visits, learning, Pride
A Lovely Layered Day
Good Morning, God! Such a layered day I had yesterday. First came my Wednesday early morning women’s prayer group. Then our family of three — including daughter Suzy visiting from California — breakfasted with friends at the Big City Diner.…
A Family Birthday — with Friends, too
Good Morning, God! Aaaah! A lovely birthday dinner last night, celebrating my Mom’s 97th birthday! Actually, her presents didn’t get opened last night as we all went home to bed by 7:30 p.m. But, my mom said she loves extended…
Families and Trees — And Being Together
Good Morning, God! How very blessed I am with family — our immediate family and our extended family. This photo of trees reminded me of how we are all separate trees but as we grow our branches intertwine. They intertwine…
Tagged with: families, families of friends, growing up together
Posted in Families, Focus on what unites us, friends, gratitude, growing toward up
Posted in Families, Focus on what unites us, friends, gratitude, growing toward up
A Family Christmas Dinner
Good Morning, God! Ah, our Christmas Dinner was a success! Daughter Suz created a fresh spinach and leek casserole with gruyere cheese and cream and butter. Marvelous! And when I announced that she had worked for hours and hours and hours…
Christmas Eve at Central Union Church
Good Morning, God! I’m up early — just to say THANK YOU for Christmas — then I shall go back to bed, back to sleep. Last night Kit, Suzy and I had our traditional Christmas Eve dinner at Duc’s on…
Here comes Christmas — More than we can grasp
Good Morning, God! Today is Christmas Eve — the day before Christmas when all is Waiting and Holding its breath. I love the legends and folktales, God. Isn’t there one about the animals being able to speak on Christmas Eve?…
Tagged with: Christmas brings love and hope, understanding that we don't understand
Posted in Christmas, hope, Hope as a gift from God, LOVE, Understanding
Posted in Christmas, hope, Hope as a gift from God, LOVE, Understanding
Committing to the Dance of Life
Good Morning, God! Yesterday I actually left home without my iPhone. A whole day without a photographic record! Hmm. But, perhaps, I have more snapshots stored in my mind because of that. The exhibit of Yuan paintings at the Honolulu…
Tagged with: a moment with God, committing to the Dance of Life, dancing in flight
Posted in Dancing, freedom, perspectives, Understanding
Posted in Dancing, freedom, perspectives, Understanding
Seeking, Asking and Knocking — Looking Ahead
Sometimes solutions to problems are just as simple as “changing a setting” or two.
Tagged with: accepting help, asking for help, changing my "settings"
Posted in accepting my need for help, being repotted, Changing, daughters, Definitions, family visits
Posted in accepting my need for help, being repotted, Changing, daughters, Definitions, family visits
A Moment with God 