Truth: Anxiously waiting for a reward isn’t being patient.


I have a puppy. He's awesome, spunky, sweet and frisky.  He loves playing in water, snuggling, and being impossibly adorable.  My dad named him Sputnik.  Sputs for short.  In training Sput I've accepted some interesting truths: 1) Apparently puppies can never have enough treats. 2) If Sputnik stands to snatch the treat when I tell …

The ninth month…


In the ninth month of the year, the number we give birth to what we carry, bring life forth from what we've nurtured with our own food and blood, God has wept.  He weeps because living people, pure, good and provided for ache so deeply, their wounds hurt others.  He weeps because we cry out …

If you were ready to be married, you would be.


I'm fascinated by the intensity of the unmarried population's marriage outlook these days.  It seems to range from I have a wedding dress (or ring) all picked out... To half of marriages end in divorce, all men will cheat and all women will hurt you, so what's so bad about polygamy anyway? Having been in …