The other day, while cruising on New Hampshire’s Lake Sunapee, I snapped a picture of a wind surfer who came alongside our boat. His tricky maneuvers to adjust his sail as he battled the wind so he could spend more time on his board than in the lake, reminded me of a popular quote in the sailing world, “We cannot control the wind but we can adjust our sails.” When the storm winds blow, sailors, and windsurfers too, need to adjust their sails. You…
It’s one year today since we said, “goodbye for now,” and yet not a day goes by that I wish I could talk with you and Dad in person instead of in my mind. Actually, sometimes I do talk to you out loud and I simply say, “Oh Mom!” And I know you would know those simple words mean I miss you and I miss taking care of you.
“Return to your seats, immediately if not sooner.” “Stop talking, immediately if not sooner.” These were common directives many of my elementary school teachers would give to my classmates and me. My young mind could grasp the meaning of “immediately”, but not the meaning of doing something sooner than immediately. What could be sooner than immediately?
Over the years, and as I, quite frankly, used that phrase with my students, I came to understand the phrase was emphasizing the urgency and…
Father’s Day can be a difficult day for many as it can evoke many not so positive images and sentiments – from the grief due to losing a father, or from having an uncaring father, an absentee one, or one who had difficulty expressing how proud he was of his children or how much he loved them. However, I’ll state my bottom line first, regardless of what earthly fathers may be like, God, the Father, redeems what it means to be a good Father.
