ANGER & ACHING I had my Wednesday’s Word all written and set to send out to you, and then the shooting happened in Texas. It somehow didn’t seem fitting anymore because the words that were on my heart were now ANGER and heart ACHE....

  FOCUS The sun had not yet risen over the Houston sky, when our driver dropped my husband and I off at the MD Anderson Cancer Center that cool spring morning in 2015.  I had a full day of blood work and imaging, as well...

Pictured is my granddaughter, Layla, watching in wonder, as someone blows bubbles and they float up into the sky. Photo credit: Son, Micah Cramer @cramer.11  Sense of Wonder My heart seemed to momentarily stop, as I gazed across canyon. Mountains bigger than anything I had...

Pictured is my granddaughter, Jada, laughing very hard, while enjoying some time at the playground near her home. .   I remember her coming to the birthday party. Every time we had a birthday party for one of the boys, she and my Grandma made...

Pictured is Christopher and myself, during a visit to our home a few months before his death.   As I write, it is 10 years from the last embrace I had with my brother, Christopher Cederberg. And so, on this Tuesday night, I find the...

Pictured is my son, Zachary, who is keeping “watch” during an outdoor worship service last summer. Photo Credit: My son, Micah Cramer @5thchildphotography (Etsy Store)  Although the chair was far from comfortable, it had been my home for the past thirty minutes, and my body...