shield – Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength

Faithful God

Saturday night we spent 7.5 hours in the ER. It was hard watching dear Husband in pain, chilled to the bone. The staff was so busy that it took that long to get antibiotics and some pain killer for what they thought was just a sinus infection. By the time we got home at 1:20…

Refuge

Our son-in-law’s father has been sent home from the hospital to die. He has maybe one day or a few. I wrote about our dear son-in-law in this blog when he broke his femur at the hip joint a few weeks ago. Now he is facing his beloved dad’s death and isn’t able to physically…

Shield and Reward

Ever feel numb, like your heart has developed callouses? Sometimes we have to see someone else with what we yearned for to penetrate the callouses and remind us of our deep desires. To make us admit the loss we keep denying. This happened to me today. I saw a photo on FB (I know, big…

My Shield

Last week I needed to serve a client in a complex I was unfamiliar with and felt intimidated by. I was also a bit nervous because my back was giving me trouble and I wondered if I would find a place to park close to the building so I could more easily carry in all my gear. …