Tragedy and Traditions
The following was written in Advent 2011 and posted at my friend Lacy’s blog. That first post-fire Christmas still seems very close and this time of year still is a little painful for me. Traditions. We all have them. Children demand them—“We did that last...
My Forever Home
You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right. – Maya Angelou You can’t go home again isn’t just metaphorical for many people. The first home I ever knew–the married student housing apartments where...Taking up My Pen Again . . .
Three years ago, when our house burned down, I lost an important part of my identity. Now, this was a part that had been dying out for awhile, but the fire ended it definitively. Along with being the person with a lot of books, I was also a letter-writer. I’ve...
Beneath the Ashes
“The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.” ― Pierre Corneille I’ve been debating all day whether to write this or not . . . but I’m still thinking about it so I guess I will go ahead. I came across a blog post today in which the...
What Dreams May Come
Last night I dreamt that my family and I were standing outside our house (only, because this was a dream, it wasn’t THIS house, but rather the one I lived in from age 11 until I got married). We heard that scary cracking sound that lets you know that a big tree...
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In many ways, Charlotte Fien-Emlen is a typical young woman. When I first spoke with her, she was planning her wedding, and in our last email exchange she was worried about taking her college exams. B...
I still remember the day he died and how sad I was.
20 years after his death, Mister Rogers still offers a model for authenticity in a digital age
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What sets Fred Rogers apart from so many other public figures is very simple. I believe wholeheartedly that, given the chance, he would have been glad to meet me. And you.
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