The Rhythm of Trouble

In my last post, I wrote about living flexibly, in order to be useful.  Since then circumstances have forced me to consider another challenge to my flexibility, which is trouble or difficulty.  Trouble can take many forms.   One difficulty for me is from my own...

Living Flexibly and Usefully

Bill and I have been traveling a lot this past spring.  A trip with family, a trip to Seattle for work, a trip with friends and a trip back to Princeton for reunions.  As we planned for each trip, I could feel in my head and body a pull of inertia.  It is so much...

Lessons from Mother’s Day

We spent part of Mother’s Day with three of our grandchildren (and their parents!).  It was delightful.  The outpouring of love was tangible.  My children went together on a new food processor, to replace my 45 year-old processor I inherited from my mother-in-law.  My...

Misery Loves Company

Let me start by saying I am not miserable!  But life is full of trials, small and large, which prevent me from carefree happiness. Even in our smaller trials, the adage I have used for my title today holds true in my life.  Sometimes I relate a trial with a friend and...

Wordsmithing

I was recently reminded of how God has transformed my attitude about writing.  When I was a child, I remember thinking carefully about my speech, a precursor to writing.  Your first impression of that statement might be positive.  Shouldn’t we all be concerned to be...