Author Archives: heidi

What do the old ladies do at 3 in the afternoon when they can not see to sew or read or drive, when they can not stand to watch another minute of tv, when they remember a young friend, call … Continue reading →

I am far away from here. I fly in an emptiness full of space and big sky blue. I see not birds, hear not crickets hum at dark. I am on a journey. I pass by no years to this … Continue reading →

Grandpa, “Matthew, how do you eat an elephant?” Matthew, “How?” Grandpa, “One bite at a time.” Matthew, “You got me with that one grandpa.” This he said with a surprised, amused and respectful smile.

Funny, I can’t think of a thing to say, but let’s see how long this entry gets okay? My mind is happy to flip around the internet aimlessly, looking in to a bit of this, a bit of that. On … Continue reading →

ALL I WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW IS COMPLAIN…so I will now share every good thing that comes to my mind of our lives today. I enjoyed time with Devyn this morning before Matthew woke up. We prayed and read … Continue reading →

Movin’ right along. One day follows the next and each morning I wake up, a new adventure unfolds. Sometimes it’s as simple as a house cleaning expedition, to see if I can get all my hoped for chores done with … Continue reading →

We spent the day at David’s sisters house. I spent much of the afternoon and evening sitting with Bee, our brother in law Dan’s nanny growing up who they have been caring for the last 4 years. She is dying. … Continue reading →

Some days I could listen to Simon and Garfunkel all day. I sing along and remember the clouds at dawn outside the train window as it moved north from St. Louis to Chicago. It’s rocking rhythm soothing that 20 year … Continue reading →

A friend who lived in The Holy Land for 5 years has wonderful inspiring stories from his time there. Here is one of them. Haifa is known as being different from the rest of the Middle East in general and … Continue reading →

A morning hug from Matthew that he requested with great enthusiasm, rice pasta and turkey tomato sauce on the stove, hot tea, an hour at the park, big spinach, tuna and almond salad for lunch, another big zucchini from our … Continue reading →