I’ve been scrolling for photos on my phone of days past with Aunt Phyllis in order to capture her child-like faith, joy, and wonder. I described the memorial service and the attentiveness to details surrounding joy, and it’s not by accident that the focus of her service and this week’s Advent calendar is JOY. The…
Tag: Grief
When the Saints Go Marching In
We said goodbye to our dear Aunt Phyllis on Saturday. As I had mentioned in a previous post, we had the special opportunity to visit with her over the last couple of months, and every visit was sacred, even in the last week, on Thanksgiving morning, when she could no longer speak. But we could…
Shadows in the Glow
In the late fall of the infamous 2020, my daughter Kelli started her Christmas shopping. She picked up a few decorations that day for her house. It wasn’t until she was showing me on Zoom (remember what year it was) that the misspelling was noticed, and we all had a good laugh! I offered to…