Posts Tagged ‘death’
Say My Name: Reflections on Fear, Death and Love
It has been said, “A person dies twice: once when they take their final breath, and later, the last time their name is spoken.” This quote has been attributed to everyone from Banksy to Hemingway to someone only known as anonymity. The latter being an ironic example of irony that lends integrity to this insight. As…
Read MoreReflections on Aging, Life and Death at Fifty-Eight
We are born into an earthly existence that is measured in milestones, memories and moments. A process that begins at birth; recording our arrival time and location. A process that ends with death; recording our departure time and location. Our lives bookended by numbers that simply state our commencement and our closure as the dearly departed.
Read MoreReflecting on My Father’s Passing and Our Last Conversation
This past week marks one-year since my father’s passing. I think about him often and I miss and love him. This seemed like an apt time to share a previously published story* about my father three months before he passed; twelve months after my humbled heart surrendered to God. My heart is filled with the…
Read MoreWhen Reality Becomes a Trigger Word
The road to hell might be paved with good intentions, but you won’t find that road on Facebook or its picture book cousin, Instagram. I recently experienced the power of their clandestine computer-driven algorithms with two recent back-to-back daily devotion posts (see above and below.) Going from several hundred views a day to seven. Weekday…
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