Mar 04
This is not your ordinary skyline picture. For our family, it represents one of the most painful moments in our lives. This picture was taken during the fourth of five major pain milestones in the loss of our teenage son, Elijah. Some of you reading this will identify with those milestones. Some will be better …
Feb 28
What goes up must come down. It’s all about gravity. And gravity is one of those laws of nature that’s simply undeniable. Trying to defy gravity usually results in a painful lesson. No matter how hard we work to elevate ourselves, gravity will always try to bring us back down. I was thinking about this during …
Feb 11
Which is easier: naming your greatest strength or naming your greatest weakness? When we are young, we sometimes imagine that we are invincible. Elijah used to think he was Superman. One day he was in our master bathroom dressed in his Superman pajamas. He was only four years old. I heard three things that made …
Feb 10
How do you explain the unexplainable? How do you measure the immeasurable? How deep is the unfathomable? I rarely use the word, “unfathomable.” It’s a great word, but for some reason I trip over it when saying the word out loud. But I’m using the word a lot lately, and there is a specific reason why. My son Elijah …
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