The opening notes of Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song” make me unstuck in time. Like Billy Pilgrim in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, I’m transported…
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Christmas
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Christmas looks different this year. Blinking lights on IV poles not twinkling tree lights. The mechanized roar of blood pressure cuffs and sequential compression cuffs…
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The holidays are both forward-looking and nostalgic at the same time. We look ahead to what the New Year has in store, and we reminisce…
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“When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him.…
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It’s been an amazing year. So many wonderful, dreams-come-true events have happened, but none of it would matter if I weren’t surrounded by loving friends…
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Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Morning worship at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Worship is always wonderful, and the Christmas hymns (’tis still…
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Christmas promises a much-needed spark of happiness we hope to fan into a flame that will burn into the new year. So, here we are.…
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With two days to go before Christmas, I finished the first draft of my book, It’s Not Harder Than Cancer. I set Christmas as my…