2009: Reflection & Inspiration

A Lesson in Compassion 2

As first responders, emergency workers and chaplains, it is our first instinct to want to help when a tragedy or disaster occurs. Something stirs inside each of us and we can’t seem to calm ourselves until we have assisted in relief efforts. This reaction held true when Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. With over 92,000 [...]

Grieving Ambiguous Losses 5

A little over a year ago, a friendship that was very dear to me came to an end. I had loved this person dearly and enjoyed the time I spent with this friend. We experienced some tremendous highs and struggled through some painful lows. We invested a lot of time, energy into our friendship. So, [...]

Walking Into Fear Comments Off

Most of you know that I have HUGE fear of flying!  I don’t like balloons.  Elevators freak me out.  Flying terrifies me.  It’s kind of funny to write that out because I fly all over this country, and I fly almost monthly and yet each time I board the plane I have to talk myself [...]

Blur 5

The days are quickly becoming blurry.  They go by so fast that it’s sometimes hard to believe a week went by and now we are nearing the middle of September.  The blur is my life.  The blur means my life is full because when we all collapse on the couch at the end of the [...]

28 Months and the Close of Summer 5

We have had a pretty laid back summer and while I am ready for the heat to go away, I am a little sad to see the summer of 2009 fade away.  We spent quite a bit of time playing in the water but didn’t swim at the pool as much as I had hoped [...] Related Posts with Thumbnails