Sometime this year, my Addie-girl will take on a new title and a new last name.  She will move out from under our covering and under the covering of another.  Yes, very recently, on top of a very high sand dune overlooking the lake, the boy I had been praying for my daughter’s whole life […]

I must say, the ground underneath me seems a bit shakier today.  I wouldn’t call it fear, necessarily, but definitely more aware in each moment of the fragility of life.  Since the beginning of this year, five couples that I have admired have been temporarily separated by death. Five.  In less than four months. These […]

Secrets can kill.  It’s a pretty dramatic statement, isn’t it?  I’ve seen it happen, firsthand.  And it’s not a pretty sight, let me tell you.    For one thing, they are relationship killers.  Now, I’m not talking about the I-bought-you-the-coolest-birthday-present kind of secret.  More like the, there’s-something-you-should-know-but-I’m-not-ready-to-tell-you kind of secret.    The family I grew […]