Journeys

       Our dearly loved young Chinese friend had been assigned by her university professor to help a new male Chinese student acclimate to the campus and his new life in the US.  A few weeks after his arrival, our dear friend invited us to meet her and the new guy at a restaurant. …

When It Doesn’t Make Sense

So many things haven’t made sense this year on a global, national, and personal level.  Our 41-year-old daughter spent her year suffering through cancer treatments including radical surgery, and long and painful chemo and radiation treatments.  A close family member battled deep depression.  Most of the year my activities were restricted due to a health…

December Inspiration

  My husband read me a sad news headline this morning. (Aren’t most of them sad?!) It reported the death of a 44-year-old man weighing 980 pounds. He began over-eating at age 16 when he slipped into depression after the death of his mother. His health declined and he became bedridden due to his weight….