One day at a time. Each day. This is how I strive to live. I'm not always successful, but I have made a lot of progress. I began learning this routine a couple of years ago when I knew that any day might be Wyndham's last. So, I strove to make each day the best it...
Navigating Home: Finding Your Place to Belong
Workshop Offering: Navigating Home: Finding Your Place to Belong I have pondered my home of late. Sadly, it could be called “the house of a widow and an orphan,” because that's who lives here. I don’t like either of those words, because they both denote distress, as...
Shaken to the Core
It was the summer of 1973, 3:00 am according to the clock on my bookshelf headboard. I awoke to the smell of a cigarette, a man’s voice, and the feel of pressure on my back. The man spoke, “Don’t scream. I have a knife.” For the next hour, I was shaken to the core,...
It Really Stinks, but I am Okay
Most days I am okay. What does that mean? It means I am waking up, walking with God, and enjoying many things in life. I have things I look forward to. I smile and laugh. It is during these times when my thoughts suddenly become knotted in a contortion of confusion...
New Chapter, New Year, New Decade
Fittingly, today I finished the last chapter for what will be my book entitled (of course) “Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham.” I did not feel particularly inspired to write this new chapter; in fact, the blank pages kept staring me in the face as if daring me to type. I...
Enough for Today
Ever have one of those days where you have feel…OK God, I’ve had enough for today!? I’ve had a few of those lately. In fact I had several just last week consisting of some sadness, some difficult (physically) days of caregiving, troubles “at work,” our condo flooded...
4 Ways to Feed Your Faith
Carnivore. Vegetarian. Vegan. Gluten free. Dairy free. Organic. Eating for our blood type. So many “eating” options are before us, at least in the land where I live. We give great attention to our food intake, knowing it affects our physical health. I’ve often asked...
What Are You Hanging On?
It seemed a good idea at the time. It began late one night as I changed the bed sheets while watching an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” It was a funny episode. Somewhere between the twisting and tugging of sheets and my laughter during the show—I pulled one of...
Trusting Through the Stink
Every so often you receive an email that resonates in a particularly meaningful way. The following is from one of our friends who wages a daily battle with her oldest daughter’s health challenges. Her daughter suffers from a brain tumor that was diagnosed in her...
A Powerful Lesson from the Walmart Clerk
A few months ago I spoke on a panel for caregivers in downtown Boston. Invited by a wonderful woman who is involved in community affairs, I had no idea what to expect. Frankly, I didn’t quite know how I got the invitation. I don’t think I had grasped that I had...
Thanks for the Underwear…I Think
Expectations were high as the family of four gathered for Micah’s seventh birthday dinner. (Birthday celebrations bring wide-eyed excitement for most seven-year-olds, and my grandson is no exception.) The festive table had been set, the cake had been made, and the...
I Know Exactly Who I Am!
Recent conversation between my daughter and granddaughter: Gracie: Mommy, can you take my trash? (Gracie holds out a chewed on apple core.) Mommy: Gracie, I’m driving. You can just put it in the paper bag you are holding. Gracie: I need you to take it. Mommy: No...
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