So the other day I opened up my laptop, set it in front of my Dad, and started asking him questions. Questions that would invite him to tell the stories of his life. Here is the first one I will share with you. I realized a few seconds into filming it that this was going […]
Stories from Dad – “When Dean Met Elaine” (A Love Story) Read More »
I am a bit tired from a wonderful, but very full last couple of weeks. And I am tempted to think, “It’s Monday! I don’t want to get out of bed. I just want to sleep a bit more.” I may even be tempted to be a bit crabby. Then I think of my Dad.
Monday Mornings… and Dad Read More »
Jana and I spent the summer and early fall at Mount Carmel Family Camp and Retreat Center in Alexandra, MN. I have been the Interim Director of Programming there the last two years and Jana has been working as their Director of Development. As a result of being away from our home in Cedar Rapids
Note: Our beloved Beagle, Daisy, died yesterday. She had been increasingly lethargic on Thursday. Eating and drinking nothing. We began to worry. I took her to the vet yesterday and we soon learned Daisy’s liver was filled with several small cancerous tumors, some of which were spilling blood into her stomach. The kindest (and hardest)
The “Holy Spirit With Fur On” Read More »
