When one lies in a hard, unyielding hospital bed, one has time for reflection. Anyway, I did. I reflected on how nice home is and how much I liked the comfortable, familiar routine of my days at home. (And how much I missed my own bed.) I also had time to read. We’ve talked several […]
Aug 6, 2015
Hospital Chronicle
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I’ve never known a lot about hospitals. I know a little more now than I did a week ago. Friday night I went to the emergency room because my heart was doing weird and unusual things. The doctor called it atrial fibrillation or A-Fib. What is A-Fib? It’s where the top part of the heart […]
Aug 5, 2015
Heart Thinking
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“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7 I’ve been doing some heart thinking lately, about what’s really important and what’s only trappings. Two people can look at the same occurrence and not feel at all the same. An illness to one can be the end of all hopes and dreams […]
Aug 4, 2015
A Mysterious Life
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Life itself is a mystery. I never know what’s just around the corner. Neither do you. And, we never know how those mysteries will ultimately turn out. Sometimes it seems we don’t have much control of the mystery nor how it ends. Dad’s philosophy was, “Life isn’t what you make it. It’s how you take […]
Aug 2, 2015
What a Place
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This morning I’m thinking about the last time I visited my brother’s home in northern Minnesota. It’s a beautiful place, nestled under a knoll practically in the arms of one of those cold (very cold) lakes. Tall fir trees and birch trees grow around the house, cabin, and garage. The air is clean and crisp […]
Jul 31, 2015
Dreaming
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It’s the perfect place. The house sits on a grassy knoll with a backdrop of low mountains. Before it is the Atlantic Ocean, restless, with foam-crested waves. There’s a guest house and a barn for horses out back. It’s a place where anything is possible, where dreams are mine for the taking. The only thing […]
