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Turn Back Time

A few days ago I ran across one of those Facebook memes. This one offered three choices: Traveling to another universe, going back to a point in time, and, honestly, I do not remember the last option because I had Read more…


Unfinished

It is always interesting to me how small things in life can stand out. Tiny events, special moments and just little snippets of life that seize your heart and your mind! Since my daughter, Lauren, passed away three-plus years ago Read more…


Storm Clouds

They all start here! Eager to learn and grow, filled with joy, curiosity, delight, adventure, openness, trusting, happiness, and wonder. As often happens – always happens – the storm clouds of life come, and based on temperament, life experience, personality, Read more…


Fading

This past week was a challenging week for my wife and I. It was a time when we both missed Lauren quite a bit. That happens! As each year passes the wound of your loss begins to heal but the Read more…


My Greatest Fear

Last week an old friend of mine asked an especially important question. She asked: “How do you continue to love the addict while, at the same time, setting boundaries so that you don’t end up enabling them or being destroyed Read more…


What’s the Alternative

I received a few very encouraging notes this week from different people. I was grateful, they arrived at just the right moment. One of them highlighted a truth regarding the philosophy of We Chose Love. It is not easily received Read more…


Freedom

This weekend marks several important events in my life and in the country in which I live, the United States of America. Tomorrow marks our Day of Independence, a very important day in the history of our country. John Adams Read more…


Blue Sky Days

There are so many fond memories I have of our family and of course Lauren. LaLa ( a nickname Lauren got from a cousin who could not pronounce her name) and her brother Evan always loved playing on the hill Read more…


Uncertain

This week I read a post from a first-time mom. Her situation is unique because she is a foster mom. In her post she talked about the ambivalence (see last weeks post) of being a mom. A cool thing she Read more…


Photographs and Memories

One of the things that reminds me most of my daughter Lauren is when I see little kids at what I call “the age of wonder”. It is a time that their lives are filled with innocence, wonder, happiness and Read more…