by Jeanie Shaw | Apr 24, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom Runs the Marathon Last week my city hosted the Boston marathon, a running event. At times our lives can seem rather “marathonic” as we do the same things over and over for a long time—leaving us tired and depleted. Just when we feel as though the finish line...
by Jeanie Shaw | Apr 17, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom Takes Risks Wyndham called from Bucharest saying he had met three abandoned siblings. They were alone, living in a shed with a dirt floor. He told me we needed to take them into our soon-to-open group home. For years we had worked toward the opening of this...
by Jeanie Shaw | Apr 10, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom and Presence Today marks my 100th Post for “Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham.” This post is special to me because it represents a hundred weeks (of writing) that I have been blessed with Wyndham’s presence since his diagnosis of MSA. Each week is a...
by Jeanie Shaw | Apr 3, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom and Courage I’ve been reading through the gospel of John, reading aloud to Wyndham. In John 21:18 Jesus tells Peter that in contrast to when Peter was young, dressed himself, and went wherever he wanted to go—this would not be the case in his future. Jesus...
by Jeanie Shaw | Mar 27, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom and Time Time – How do you view it? When I was a child I measured time by Christmases. The span from one year to the next felt eternal. Yet now, I at times wonder why I should even bother to take down the tree. It seems a blink before it’s time to put it up...
