Jay B. R. Wokky Ch. 28.7 — Consequences

Ch. 28.7 -- Sorrow welled up inside Eli as his father went limp. Doctor Billings rushed in and set his black bag on the floor by the king. He knelt, leaned over, and put his ear against the king's chest. After a moment he looked up at the boys. “I'm sorry, but there's nothing I…

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Book Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce Harold Fry and his wife, Maureen, are retired, living a dry, dusty life so boring, empty of love, and uneventful it can’t hardly be called living. Then one day Harold gets a letter from an old friend (Queenie Hennessy) in Northern England, who tells…

On Gratitude

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...” So Charles Dickens begins A Tale of Two Cities, published in 1859. As I look back on my life, I discover the same thing. Each phase is made up of both good and bad experiences, and what we take from both becomes our…

I’m Back

When you’re sick, you feel so terrible you wonder if you’ll ever feel better again. You wonder if you’ll ever care that the sun is shining and you’re not out there enjoying it, or that the dishes are piling up in the sink, the laundry is overflowing, books are going unread, your family is avoiding…

Fitness

Last week I went in for a check-up at the doctor’s office.  Of course they want to weigh you first thing.  You know how it is.  First you shed your 100 pound purse (all those coins really end up weighing a lot, not to mention the kitchen sink), then your winter coat, sweater, and shoes. …

Live Laugh Love

Last night we watched the 2003 movie, Freaky Friday, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. It was so funny! Dr. Tess Coleman and her teenage daughter, Anna, don’t understand or appreciate each other. When an encounter with magic fortune cookies makes them switch bodies, they…