In the timeframe of history, and most surely of eternity, our lives are but a brief instant, a flicker of light in a boundless universe. Yet a divine spark dwells within us — the very essence of the God who transcends and redeems time — and thus our brief passage through life becomes eternally significant, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Family'
Eulogy
November 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: Death & Dying · Family
A Life Well-Lived
November 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments
On November 22nd, at 2 pm, at the age of 90, my wife’s mother passed from this life to the next.
She died peacefully, in no pain, with her family at her side, with true dignity.
Hers was an extraordinary life, an extraordinary spirit, an extraordinary faith.
She will be greatly missed.
Tags: Death & Dying · Family
The Jewel
December 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments
This letter is a compilation of four, written to my family members in celebration of Christmas and thankfulness for the gift they are to me.
In the beginning, it was there.
It was there–at the razor’s edge: that infinitesimal instant between nothingness and creation, at the flash of brilliance so fierce no universe could contain it.
It was […]
Tags: Family
Headlights
October 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The headlights
Slashing, their savage brilliance hacking at the night
Frantically seeking the heart which drives this dark hollow beast.
Where is she?
There. Alone. Walking.
Hair cast in cold mercury vapors, the mockery of light.
Cold. Shivering. Surviving, yet again.
The road, empty.
The heart, empty.
The words, enraged and empty.
The road, unlit, dark as dawn divorced of day.
Questions pour forth
Rushing like blackened […]
The Fairness Doctrine
March 23rd, 2007 · 7 Comments
It’s been a hellacious month (a hellacious year, actually — more on that in a minute), with big changes at work (two new employees to train), a major home construction/repair project going on, and a near-fatal case of the avian flu (well, it felt like bird flu… ) from which I am just now barely […]
Tags: Family · Faith & Religion
Delivering the Cookies
December 31st, 2006 · 5 Comments
It is, after a fashion, a legend of the fall.
Not mine, mind you — although one could say my fall was in some ways greater.
My wife’s mother was, though elderly, quite strong and independent — alert, cantankerous, losing a little memory here and there, in nearly constant pain from vertebrae once tall and straight but […]
Tags: Family · Faith & Religion
Santa Sighting
December 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I know you’re all already jaded about Christmas, with the Costco and K-Mart displays showing up in September, the endless bad Christmas TV commercials, and the growing pressure to figure out the perfect present for a gaggle of worthy recipients who already have more stuff than they could possibly use in several lifetimes.
But it’s […]
Tags: Family · General Interest
Light Posting for a While
November 12th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Virginia V - Mosquito Fleet ferry
I’ve been a bit out of pocket of late, in no small part due to an ongoing family crisis (which I alluded to here) which has consumed a lot of time and even more emotional energy. So I haven’t had the time or mental wherewithal to put many cogent thoughts […]
Tags: Family · Blogging · General Interest




