Month: March 2023
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The Unpacked Boxes
The boxes sat packed in my garage for three months. I avoided them. I told myself that it was because I was busy. That was partially true, I was quite busy. However the whole truth was that I was avoiding the boxes because of what they held. They were memorabilia boxes that held the remnants…
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Middle Age
The other day, I used the term “Middle Aged” to describe myself, and it’s not entirely inaccurate. Even if I were to live to 90 years, I would be halfway through my life now. That means I am indeed middle-aged. I remember hearing stories about middle-aged people, in an effort to feel young, doing dramatic…
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Worn
As I pulled my butterfly cover journal out to write this Sunday morning, I noticed it is beginning to show wear and tear. There is ragged edges at the binding. It is obvious if you look at it that it has been used, open, read, written in and held often. It is well used and…
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Alone in a Crowd
Have you ever been in a crowded room and felt completely alone? It’s as if life is moving around you, but you are completely still. Your life seems to be paused or moving in extreme slow motion. A part of you wants to scream and tell everyone to stop and see you there, frozen, but…
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His Masterpiece
How are great things done? Are they easy or hard to accomplish? Usually, great things take time and effort, but they are attainable. They are accomplished, one step at a time. Michelangelo worked on the Sistine Chapel one picture at a time. It took him five years to finish the 343 painted figures on the…
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I Want It My Way
I was struggling and frustrated with my daughter’s behavior when I had an epiphany. She was doing exactly what I do, kind of. There I was, all worked up and feeling completely justified in my frustration and anger towards her, when I realized I am not any better than she. She would ask me a…
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Say Something…
I am not a person known for silence. Yet I often fail to speak what would be beneficial or life giving. I navigate between pleasantries and various topics, discuss the weather or the day’s events or regale others with stories. This thought drove me to self-contemplation, and I find myself lacking in this area of…
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Retrospective
This evening for some reason I was getting in a very retrospective mindset. I don’t know if you’ve ever sat through a retrospective but in the IT world we do a Sprint, which is a cycle of work on a project, and we always do a retrospective when the cycle wraps up. We do this…
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True Restoration
Once I came across a beautiful mask, it was lovely but had been broken. The owner said to just throw it away, but I wanted to see if I could somehow glue it back together. My goal was to restore it to its former glory. Perhaps it could be fixed, put together again like new. …
Devotions For Real Life 