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…
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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…
Standing on the Edge
“You’ll never be younger than you are today.” This was a phrase a friend shared with me a few years ago which her husband often quoted. Mark and I have been talking quite a bit lately about how we want to spend the last quarter of our lives. (Actually it’s closer to the two minute…
Remembering Aunt Phyllis
Last night our wonderful light went out. Mark’s beautiful and kind Aunt Phyllis, the one who was his spiritual saving grace, shed her earthly body and slipped into the arms of Jesus. She left almost 14 months to the day after her beloved big brother Jerry paved the way on his heavenly journey. She was…