David Abercrombie was born in 1965 and died in 1994. You can read a two-part tribute to him on Instagram. Click here and here.To Tommy, With Love By the time Tommy died of AIDS-related complications, he'd been estranged from most of the community we once shared for...
Jeanna would have been 54 today. Born in 1967, she died in December from complications of COVID. I met Jeanna during my first days of college when I was just 17-years-old. We both lived on the 5th floor of Hatley Hall at Southern Nazarene University. She was a...
I joined a group of writers publishing journal posts every day during the month of June. I thought it would motivate me to write but I just ended up feeling guilty for not writing like I said I would. When I'm staring up at the ceiling at night I have so much to say....
People with flowers are always going somewhere To a church, to a wedding, to a graveyard. Home, to try to make their empty lives as full as blossoms. I'm like people with flowers because they are trying Because they haven't given up... --Rod McCuen, 1933-2015 Pictures...
I’ve reached the land of corn and wine, And all its riches freely mine; Here shines undimmed one blissful day, For all my night has passed away… When I visited the L.D. and Laura’s unmarked graves in 2015 it was a shattering and haunting experience. Robert and the...
If this world makes you crazy And you've taken all you can bear You call me up Because you know I'll be there. True Colors, Cyndi Lauper, 1986 I heard they found Amy's body in the bathroom. The early reports said she fell and hit her head. I never heard the cause of...
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 A year ago yesterday, my mother passed away. Today, I have lived a year without her. No hell I've gone through in my life can compare to this loss. I...
While I was obsessing about things that don't matter, Amy died. Initial reports say she fell in the bathroom. Hit her head. Passed away. I discovered this on Sunday night, hours after her memorial service had already ended. I'd just put the kids to bed and finally...
A fellow Gen-X blogger, Solo Gen X Warrior, has written a pretty gut-wrenching post, The Despair of White American Gen-X and the 2016 Election. I wanted to pass along the link, and encourage everyone to share it on social media. The post highlights some of the grim...
Jacob Wetterling was abducted and killed 27 years ago today. It was October 22, 1989, when Jacob, along with his brother and best friend, rode their bikes down a rural Minnesota road. A masked man appeared from out of nowhere and took Jacob and gunpoint. The...
When I was in high school, I put together a scrapbook of things I'd held onto from childhood. We moved around a lot, so it's a miracle that I was able to save anything at all, but somehow, I held onto these Girl Scout membership cards including one from 1977. It's...
Have you heard the song Blessings by Laura Story? It's been around awhile. I really love it and created this shareable graphic of my favorite line from the song. And, what if trials of this life, the rain, the storm, the hardest nights, are your mercies in disguise?...