Anniversary
Today is a special day. I waited a long time to write about this because it is such a personal story. As I begin to write this an old quote comes to mind: "For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice." Sooner or later we all lose someone important to us. But when we lose the most important person in our lives, it shakes us to our core, and life goes on only because it must. That is what happened to me when my w
The Cherub Lamp Reborn
When you reach a certain age you start to think about what you are leaving behind. This is a small thing. It won't solve world hunger. It won't stop gun violence. It doesn't offer a new cure to save lives. But you have to offer the world what you have to give to it. I am not an agricultural scientist, a politician, or an expert in the medical field. So this is what I CAN do. I installed a daily quotes app on my phone and recently it offered this sound advice: "If you can't d
