Category: 2023

Two weeks after Ben died the health of our cat, Rally, took a turn. It was clear that there was something wrong with her so we took her in to be put down. The next day Sabin asked if we could get another cat. At that point I was not interested in another cat. I […]

The music group Mercy Me put out a song several years ago titled Even If. A friend posted the YouTube video of it on his Facebook page recently. I clicked on the link and listened to the song. Tears of course ensued. Here are some of the lyrics from the song. They say sometimes you […]

A couple of weeks ago much of the area around where I live was blanketed in almost 2 inches of ice. It has been a few years since we had a big ice storm. Whenever one rolls through the area, many lose power and many trees lose branches or are brought down due to the […]

I flipped the calendar from January to February last week. The end of January marked 15 months since Ben’s last heartbeat. Life goes on and time doesn’t slow down. When I reflect back over the last 15 months, so much has happened. So many things that Ben has missed. His absence is very noticeable much […]

A couple of weekends ago I attended the funerals of two wonderful ladies. The first on Saturday was the funeral of a wonderful woman that cancer stole away at the young age of 60. On Sunday it was the funeral of the mother of a friend whose husband passed on the same date one year […]

Difficult times in life cause us to grow and change. Extremely difficult times can be life altering and perspective changing. The things that we used to think were so important lose their significance. It doesn’t matter anymore what the score of the big game was. Watching the latest blockbuster movie doesn’t matter. Keeping up with […]