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Category Archives: Family
Morning Swims
Back then, in the early bends
of summer mornings
we hid our swimming trunks
in the old tobacco barn
next to the pond. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Humor, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged farm pond, growing up, pond, rebellion, rural life, swimming
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A Gentle Summer
The air had been cool and refreshing, a pleasant meshing of light breezes and pleasing shade. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged conversation, couples, summer, summer evening, talking
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Day Fades Into Day
An evening this lovely
could nearly draw the dead from their graves:
sunset beginning to fade from the sky, Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged breeze, conversation, day the Lord has made, locust trees, middle age, migraine, northeast Kansas, rest, sunset
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Lord’s Day Afternoon
Such are the chances taken
when the temporary lies of temperature
tempt us into thinking we can escape the season.
Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged relaxing, shade, spring afternoon, trees
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Finishing Touches
Two months ago,
our grey roan Foxtrotter mare
seemed more than ready
for another season of trails
and training grandkids to groom and ride.
Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged disease, euthanasia, euthinizing horse, foxtrotter, mare, old horse, putting down horse, vet, veterinarian
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Of Wind and Work
On the morning of her last day,
I tried to mulch the newly seeded lawn
on the west side of the house Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
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Tagged Betty Prescher, landscaping, mulching, seeding grass, straw
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Gettin’ Ready
I’ve held the hands
of those whose final hours
were upon them,
prayed with their families
in that time of groaning and grieving. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged acceptance, comfort, grieving, loss
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The Pastor’s Visit
She’s in remarkably good health for a dying woman:
nothing really hurts,
everything else works
with both mind and body.
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Faith, Fear & the Nearness of Eternity
In the howling chillness of the night,
a thin skin of ice formed
un-smoothly on the surface
of the rainwater tub. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged attitude, bombing, Boston, Boston Marathon, choices, fertilizer plant explosion, response, self-pity, Texas, West
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Boston Marathon, 2013
Shards of smoke and fire,
a burning blasting of glass and metal,
yells of horror:
a shock wave of disbelief Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports
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Tagged aid, bomb, Boston Marathon, courage, helping, love, marathon, response, running, terrorism, triage
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Reflections by Doc Arnett 