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Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 111
Wisdom Cares in Many Dimensions As I glanced down at the pen I was using today I was struck by the two words imprinted on the pen. Care Dimensions. Care Dimensions is the name (and a good description) of Wyndham’s hospice company, but the two words struck me as full...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 110
Wisdom Knows a Thing is Just a Thing A ring is just a thing. So are many other “things.” My close acquaintance with long term, terminal illness helps me distinguish between the value of physical things and spiritual things of the heart. I placed this wedding ring on...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 109
Wisdom Never Walks Alone I thought it would be a simple Nana/grandson fishing adventure. (That sentence, in itself, was amazing to write because I do not like fishing, so any fishing trip for me is not simple.) However, since Caleb was staying with us overnight while...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 108
Wisdom Owns It I remember as a child taking a job feeding my neighbors dogs for a few weeks while the neighbors were out of town. I probably remember this because they had me feed them bologna sandwiches for treats. I dutifully did the job, but it was a job. They were...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 107
Wisdom Transfers Our son, Sam, just entered the smartphone world. He resisted for a long time, much to his entire family’s displeasure. He could not receive our family “group texts” or pictures. It was time to switch. Meanwhile, Wyndham’s phone sat on the windowsill....
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 106
Wisdom for Today So, I found out from several of you looking for Wednesday’s blog that Wednesday (today) is not actually Tuesday, as I originally thought it was. My, how life can get off track. Since our church met in the pouring rain in a park an hour away on Sunday,...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 105
Wisdom and Vulnerability Memories fill my head and heart as I look across my room and smile, as we enjoy the pleasure of the company of a dear friend. It’s a friendship built over many years of fighting battles together, talking about everything, praying much, sharing...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 104
Wisdom Looks for the Miracles When we see tragedies and evils of life, we can look for the helpers. This message, from television personality and minister Fred Rogers helped many children (and adults) find some comfort after hearing of horrific acts of terrorism that...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 103
Wisdom and the Bunny Every once in a while, communication goes awry. Okay, maybe more than occasionally. Through a recent communication hurdle, I was reminded that wisdom does not assume one understands what someone else is saying until one really understands what the...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 102
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...
Wednesday Wisdom With Wyndham – 101
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...