Jul 26, 2013 | Moments of Grace
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This email from my cousin, Meg Kollock Hall, arrived rather quietly after I wrote of my sadness about the approaching departure of my daughter, who leaves for college next week. It touched me so deeply I...
Jul 20, 2013 | Moments of Grace
When finally the rain stopped, we rejoiced. The flowers, the grasses, the birds, and I.
Apr 14, 2013 | Moments of Grace
I will always remember it, the look she had when she spotted what I had not been able to see. There he is, Mom, she said, there. She turned to me desperate, her face stricken. Is he dead, Mom? Is he? We’d been looking for that old cat since the night he walked...
Dec 17, 2012 | Moments of Grace
Blooms in December. 30 Days of Joy
Dec 11, 2012 | Moments of Grace
On grace, I am no real expert. But what I do know is that it arrives unannounced, beautiful and unexpected. True to form it surprised me last week when I made another unplanned trip South. Grace was there in the long stories from my Dad about his days in Alaska (how...