My Nephew’s Stupid Stuffed Animal

This weekend I had the chance to meet one of my 6 year old nephew’s stuffies, but he was no ordinary stuffed animal. He was a stuffed lion with an insulin monitor around his chest. “My diabetes doctor gave me this,” my godson told me, “But his pump isn’t real,...

My Husband’s Moving Out

My husband and I have been separated for the last six months.  He has been living in an apartment in Canada Monday through Friday on business.  Now that his assignment is over and he’s vacating Nome (what I called his apartment which is short for Not...

The Wit and Wisdom of Joey Tribbiani

Last night I missed a detail.  Again.  I had successfully run my son to practice, stopped at the grocery store and timed getting dinner in the oven so it would be done when I got back from picking my son up at 7:30. I was feeling pretty good about life so I...

I Love You?

Someone in our family called a few weeks ago to tell us she has breast cancer.  By God’s grace it is very slow growing and treatable. When she called to tell me I ended our phone call by saying “I love you.”  I have known this family member for almost thirty...
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