Devotional

Metamorphosis - the act of change in at least two distinctive phases. From the Greek, meaning "to change form", usually from the inside out. Yes - you are in the right place! This is still Transitions by The Book -…

Throughout our history, Americans have turned to prayer for strength, inspiration, and solidarity. Prayer has played an important role in the American story and in shaping our Nation's leaders. President Abraham Lincoln once said, "I have been driven many times…

Well, today marks another anniversary in my life - and as the title of this blog implies, it was on this date, May 2nd, in 1979, that I had my first surgery - I was 26 and scared to death.…

I'm sitting here tonight, after midnight, and I am, as they say, dog tired. We spent the evening helping Kristin as she is recovering from her surgery earlier in the week, and then I started thinking about the funeral service…

The last several days have been filled with all kinds of emotions. There were many of them - the final days of Roger Johnson, finding out that Kristin needed surgery, the excitement of our daughter Jill and grandson Drew visiting…

I don't usually tell the end of the story first - but tonight I am going to. Because while the ending is sad, in quite another way, it was...... well, amazing! So here it is - I got the call…

The clock just struck midnight - more correctly, all four of our clocks that chime just struck midnight. I just walked in from spending the evening with Arlene Johnson and my friend Roger, who entered St. Vincent hospice this afternoon.…

It's been a quiet day today, Easter 2011; Janet and I spent the day alone. Don't get me wrong - if you have followed this blog for any length of time, you know that we enjoy each other's company and…

For many reasons, this has been a sad week -  the illness of Roger (see yesterday's post) and watching his family deal with the seemingly inevitable conclusion to a long fight with cancer; and then today, the father of Pam,…

Janet and I just returned home from visiting our friend Roger in the hospital. I wrote about him and his fight with pancreatic cancer in a blog entitled "He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother" on March 12th. I have…