My child, my gift, my life. Would I have been in church that Sunday morning if I was them? Or any Sunday? Is it reasonable to acknowledge God as good when life has dealt you a blow that almost crushes you every day? The Mom was seated a few rows ahead of me. As the…
My Journey
How do you shed the crown?
When I finished Who made you King? (July 8, 2026), I realized I had only scratched the surface of the topic’s relevance to my own life. The trail is long and littered with my self-contained decisions. Which wouldn’t be so bad if I had stayed single and responsible only to myself. But I didn’t. And…
Who made you King?
Spoiler alert. I will be ‘bashing’ men in this reflection. It is unapologetically one-sided. The emoting is my own and not a summary of stuff from the internet (other than a few statistics). If you don’t care for where this is going, please abort now. As time passes, I am increasingly turned off common distasteful…
Growing up is hard to do – part 2
The things we remember. Growing up is hard to do – part 1 (June 17, 2026) ended with remorse for not knowing how to look after my dog Boots. I remember so much detail about his unfortunate end to life. But I have no memory of discussions with my parents about getting a dog or…
Growing up is hard to do – part 1
Neil Sedaka sang “Breaking up is hard to do.” It was 1962, I was 14 years old, too socially inept to have a girlfriend so never experienced the hardship of breaking up. But the title inspired me to think about how growing up is hard to do. From farm to town. I farmed until I…
A word about my writing
Fellow travellers for the journey. Having coffee together, someone who is a constant encouragement for my writing mentioned that my pieces are getting longer. He assured me it was okay; nevertheless, the observation was instructive. I need to be more vigilant in assessing the breadth of material I include in a piece, its relevance to…
Her name was Merrilee
I wish I could find a picture of her. Especially when dressed in her clown costume to do a program with children. She was a woman born deaf but could communicate on levels that surpassed many ‘normal’ hearers. And I believe she was an active agent in saving my life. A plane and a son…
A Start, A Fresh Start, and then, A New Fresh Start!
A Start – April to May 2024 I launched the Miles 2 Go website blog in April 2024 and posted my last item that year on May 15, 2024. A 6-week flurry of activity that felt so good. I was diving into something that was one of my life goals. A year earlier, in June…