Sep 23
I am, once again, teaching a teenager to drive. Actually, I am teaching two teens. From scratch. On a stick-shift. …Sigh. Progress is slow, but definitely being made. Seven years ago, my first daughter had the benefit of a school-sponsored driver’s education class. Ava (Abby) took that several-week-long class and learned the basics of driving …
Apr 28
I know for many, it is a religious conviction. Human life – all human life – is precious and must be preserved at all costs. My question is, when are the costs too high? I know some will answer me, “never,” but I disagree. I have watched three of my closest family members die – …
Feb 18
Death and grief. If we ignore them, maybe they’ll go away. That’s the way our culture treats these very present, and very important aspects of everyday life. Ignore them, don’t talk about them, turn your face away and you’ll be spared. Sorry, it doesn’t work that way. Death spares no one, unfortunately. (Is this a …
Jan 17
I have lost three of my closest family members in the last ten years. In 2001 my mother died from terminal lung cancer. I was with her and helped my father care for her during the last year of her life. She died peacefully in hospice. My father died in the fall of 2006. I …
