Godspeed
The eight days of last week were pretty long. If you saw the last "Hey, God? Yes, Charles." post, you know that a dear friend, Bettye,...
Permission granted
Toward the end of "Hey God? Yes, Charles." is a page of acknowledgments. In those acknowledgments is the name Bettye Morris. She's the...
Hands and hope
Like many good resolution-ers, I was back at it last week on the indoor track, virtuously working on good new habits for 2017. I wasn't...
Of course love can hurt
For real. Love can hurt. But if it couldn't, really, why would it matter? I just discovered this sweet performance of this theme. You...
Grand traditions
In the nine years since Charles died, our family has created some new traditions - like the grands and I spending a couple of Christmas...
Joy in the world
If you've read "Hey, God? Yes, Charles.", you know that, especially in the first year after Charles's death, hope, joy, and peace were in...
Pants and peace
Two days ago I was sitting in a local emergency room. My elderly (don't tell her I called her that) aunt had been staying with me for a...
"Steel" praying
Last night a dear group of friends gathered. If you've read "Hey, God? Yes, Charles.", you know that the SGIGs - the Steel Got It Girls -...
Moments in time
It was a tiny book, an ornament really, that we hung on the tree especially for our little granddaughter, and low enough for her to see. ...
Let there be peace on earth
Someone who knows I love this song gave me these two favorite lines of it during our family Thanksgiving gathering. This unexpected and...
