Unrelated to our current sadness, someone on twitter posted this dreck: “Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who have already been there.” My first comment was “Religion is for people who live in community.” Today, this week I know more than […]
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Those of you who have been following on Facebook and elsewhere, and we are overwhelmed with the love and support we have received, know that our beautiful boy is gone. We are doing as well as can be expected, with expressions of love and support coming from around the globe. […]
Shortcut: JOIN OR DONATE and Thank You. Collegiate and NFL football games have reminded us all that October is breast cancer awareness month and it is wonderful that so much attention (and money) is being brought to the treatment and cure of breast cancer. Men get cancer as well and […]
A really rather excellent piece about being busy. It is not just the usual “we are too busy! slow down!” For one thing, it is well written, for another he speaks about the balance of work and play, our own responsibility in creating our busyness. As a parent this paragraph stood […]
But my 8 year old is up to the challenge. They played a great set of four games a tournament this weekend. My son is GK and in this sequence the other player had a fast break. My boy came forward and stuffed the play and was back up to […]
“Steeples rising high”Originally uploaded by Targuman While walking in Muir Woods looking up at these redwoods I was reminded of Bob Bennett’s song Mountain Cathedral. I used to sing this to my daughter as she was drifting off to sleep when she was little. What had been a nice song […]