The peonies are especially beautiful this year.
It seems fitting, given that they are my dad’s favorite flower. He’s been through so much these last several months.
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Today is my mom’s birthday. Had she not died on Good Friday, she would have been 87. It’s interesting, how losing a loved one makes you more aware of death in the news. Peter Mayhew, the actor best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series, passed away …
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I was walking into Aldi the Thursday before Good Friday when a car entered the parking lot and paused next to me. The driver—whom I immediately recognized as my mom’s long-time friend Barbara—rolled down her window and called out, “Lois, how are your parents?” I grimaced. Just the day before, …
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A couple of months ago, I was scheduled to go to the neurologist with my dad. To say I was dreading the appointment would be an understatement. The last time I had gone with my parents to see this doctor, I learned that my mom had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s …
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Late last November, I was talking to a friend after church. We were near the end of a sermon series about the Lord’s Prayer, and that day, the pastor had talked about what it means to pray, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” I …
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Quite a few bloggers that I follow do this thing called “Five-Minute Friday.” According the online host of this activity, FFM is a weekly writing link-up in which bloggers “free write for five minutes flat” on a single word prompt. I’ve never blogged in response to a prompt before, nor …