by Sue | Aug 16, 2020 | Care Giving
At the same time our son approached his teens, I was thrown into the world of caregiving for my parents and my grandmother that lasted quite a few years. When the phone rang, I wondered what latest crisis would hijack my day. I was “sandwiched” between my family’s...
by Sue | Aug 9, 2020 | Body & Soul
I felt mightily deprived when I transitioned to a whole food, plant-based diet. I imagined a nasty gremlin sitting across the table from me, pulling away my favorite foods. Goodbye steak, goodbye sour cream-laden baked potato, so long cheesy pizza with pepperoni...
by Sue | Aug 2, 2020 | Faith
I am writing this on July 30th, the day of John Lewis’ funeral. He wrote this letter to his fellow Americans only days before he died, and requested it be read at his funeral. Here is the link to his final testimony, printed in full in the New York Times...
by Sue | Jul 26, 2020 | Books & Writers
I miss old Stretch. For a long time, he shared our dog Cody’s fenced in play area. He would challenge our Spaniel to a good chase, and at the last second, scamper up the majestic Pin oak, leaving Cody to acknowledge defeat at the paws of a squirrel once again. When...
by Sue | Jul 19, 2020 | Care Giving
Ella assured herself her husband was basically okay. George’s confusion happened only occasionally. There was no need to worry the kids. She was managing, with some days harder than others. Her house of cards crashed the day George fell and broke his hip. After two...
by Sue | Jul 12, 2020 | Body & Soul
Are we headed for extinction by global warming in the next hundred years? The documentary, Cowspiracy, points to our addiction to meat, and the way we raise livestock to feed that craving, as one of our greatest threats. Producers Kip Anderson and Keagan Kuhn,...
by Sue | Jul 5, 2020 | Faith
Mea culpa. I am guilty. This nation is guilty. That disgusting news clip of a man, who is old enough to know better, raising his fist and shouting “white power,” shows how many still do not see our collective and personal sin. God does, and we deserve his wrath. Yet...
by Sue | Jun 28, 2020 | Books & Writers
I’ve decided writers’ homes reflect how their writing projects are going. Except for scrubbing the house because company is coming, my every day Martha Stewart barometer is more related to deadlines and writers’ block than to a mythical cleaning standard. Our...
by Sue | Jun 21, 2020 | Care Giving
Dementia does not care who you are. From President Ronald Reagan to your Aunt Tillie, anyone can fall prey to this insidious disease. Alzheimer’s gradually overrides memory, personality, and emotions. In his book, The Soul of Care – The Moral Education...
by Sue | Jun 14, 2020 | Body & Soul
“I have a gut feeling he’s lying.” Do you listen to your gut feelings, or do you ignore them and rely more on logic? Science tells us these gut checks are a function of our brains working with our bodies through a network of nerves and neurons. Many use hypnoses,...
