This is what I shared at our town’s ecumenical Thanksgiving service last Tuesday night. Everyone always has these things they can be grateful for! Happy Thanksgiving!
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New Poem by Me: Harvest Home
Harvest Home Modern day pilgrims fly in from everywhere; they drive home and come in from the far off pastures bringing their sheaves with them. The original pilgrims were with each other all the time and rejoiced to have food while we regularly having food in abundance are in turn celebrating the rare opportunity of … Read more
Today’s Newspaper Article by me: Recognizing Good Around Us Helps Us Find More
I am a regular contributor to the Danbury News Times Forum on Faith column, which is also picked up by the Connecticut Post and the Stamford Advocate. Here is today’s article:
Asher House & D.C. Internship
Today I moved our eldest daughter from college into Asher House for the summer. Many cities have Asher Houses for young students to live in along with other Christian Scientists. This D.C. Asher house is particularly lovely and well located – right off Dupont Circle. Our daughter is sharing a third floor room (over the … Read more
A Hymn of Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for you! Here is one of many hymns of gratitude from the Christian Science Hymnal… Hymn 249 O, when we see God’s mercy Widespread in every place And know how flows the fountain Of His unbounded grace, Can we withhold a tribute, Forbear a psalm to raise, Or leave unsung … Read more
Welcome Home
It has been several years since we’ve all been home for Thanksgiving. It’s not just that I picked my daughter up at the airport yesterday, it’s that I’m home too. Not only have I been flying away on many Thanksgivings to my parents, last year my college kid didn’t come home for the holiday. And … Read more
Today’s Newspaper Article by me: It is Important to Give Thanks Year Around
I am a columnist for the Danbury News-Times Forum on Faith column. Here is my most recent article: Christian Science churches are unique in that we hold services worldwide on Thanksgiving Day. The founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, was an American who knew the profound significance of gratitude in our lives. She instituted … Read more
Memorial Day: An Empathic Response
First of all, watch this. (Click here) You’ll cry. I did. Thank God for our troops. What made you cry? Empathy and gratitude. 11337
Lost and Found Testimony
I do a lot with the inter-library loan system both for myself and my homeschooling kids. It’s great! I can “shop” for books from my home and they come in from all over to my Bethel library two blocks away. Right when I read reviews online, I can ask for the book without even getting … Read more
My Youngest’s “Golden Birthday”
A “golden birthday” is the one birthday when you turn the number you were born on. So since my youngest turned 13 today on the thirteenth, it was her “golden birthday.” As of today, all three of my children are teenagers; it hardly seems possible! We had a wonderful day… Last night, our daughter saw … Read more
Goodbye VW (last decade); Hello SAAB (next decade)
A new decade seems like practically a whole new epoch. This is all symbolized for me right now by cars. For those of you that read of my harrowing experience a few weeks ago on a hill of black ice (click here to read it if you did not) this blog post is the other … Read more
Black Ice on Cain’s Hill Road
My family had left at the crack of dawn for the FIRST Lego League State robotics Tournament. I stayed behind because I had a lot of work to do. It feels odd whenever I have the house to myself because it is so rare. I felt like I wanted to play hooky from church because … Read more
New Poem by Me: Thanksgiving 2009
Thanksgiving 2009 I’m thankful for God, infinite, ever-present, all-powerful good who wanted me, made me and actually loves me. I’m thankful for my husband and children, my family and friends and that we are safe, and happy and healthy. I’m thankful for eyes to see with, ears to hear with, fingers to touch with a … Read more
Today’s Newspaper Article by Me: Founder of Christian Science Emphasized Gratitude
I am a regular writer for the Danbury News Times Forum on Faith Series. Here is today’s column for the Thanksgiving season: An American woman, Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science in 1879. Having seen the importance of gratitude in Christian life, she established as an integral part of her worldwide church, a special Thanksgiving … Read more
Home Sweet Home
Last year when I got home from Creative Arts Camp I was frazzled, exhausted and had serious difficulty transitioning back to what felt like a grind. Maybe it was because I was returning to face the college application process? Anyway, thankfully this year is delightfully different. I’m glad to be home at last from my … Read more
Big Day: College Drop-off
Well, we finally pulled out of the driveway and drove to Annapolis. My daughter burned CD selections on the way for us to listen to, which included everything from tango music to Techno. My favorite choice was Julie Andrews singing “Confidence” from the Sound of Music where she has “confidence in confidence alone” as she … Read more
Poem by Me: Receiving
You’d be proud of me, I’m actually cleaning out my office, which has been long overdue, but is finally progressing in the right direction. One of the side benefits is I’m finding all sorts of things. The poem below is one of the things I was delighted to see once more. I vividly remember writing … Read more