Thirty years ago today this smiling baby boy was born! I was looking through his baby book yesterday and was flooded with memories of that day. The book records that he arrived at 5:24 pm on Thursday, September 25, 1980. He weighted 8 lbs 15 ounces and he was 21 inches long. He had black…
Month: September 2010
Missing Manderley
Perhaps you remember my Manderley dreams from earlier this year. We first went to Manderley in the spring. It was mid-March when I stood on the snow-covered land and breathed in the peace of the place that fed a hunger within me that I didn’t know I had. Six weeks later we were there and…
Embracing Autumn
This morning when we came out of church there was a light mist falling; later we had to run from the green grocer to our car as the rain was coming down in buckets. When we got home with our harvest bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and after we enjoyed a bite of lunch,…
Morning Lesson
It was almost six-thirty this morning when I climbed out of my car, tossed my keys in my purse as I flung it over my shoulder, picked up my tote out of the back seat, and reached in to grab my coffee cup before closing the car door. It was still dark and the morning…
Gelessenheit
Central to the Amish culture is something called Gellassenheit, a German word roughly translated to mean submission to the will of God. It is based on the words of Jesus “not my will but thine be done.” The dimensions of Gelessenheit permeate every aspect of the Amish life: Personality: reserved, modest, calm, quietValues: submission, obedience, humility, simplicitySymbols:…