Category Archives: Relationships

The Ice Bucket Challenge

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Having got caught early on last spring in one of those “Take the Plunge” challenges, I’ve been lying low lately, hoping to avoid the “Ice Bucket Challenge” or whatever it’s called. I thought I had made it, frankly. The likely … Continue reading →

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A Good Race

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I faced a bit of a dilemma last weekend. After getting news of my mother’s death early Thursday evening, I had to decide what to do about the mud run on Saturday for which I’d registered back in April. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Exercise, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged Earlham Iowa, honoring Mom, honoring parents, Mud Run, Ruby Arnett, Ruby Herndon Arnett, Warrior Dash, Warrior Dash Iowa, Winterset Iowa | Comments Off

Never Her Own Person

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I can’t speak to her years of growing up, of being a teenager but I suspect that as the oldest of at least eight children, Mom probably never really had the chance to be a kid. If memory serves me … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships | Tagged eulogy, identity, own person, preacher's wife, Ruby Arnett, Ruby Herndon Arnett | Comments Off

The Sharing of the Centuries

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Doc Arnett

For all of those who have shared, and will continue to share in these expressions of love and mercy, I give thanks. Continue reading →

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What Shall I Grieve?

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Doc Arnett

My mother was granted release from the prison of flesh last evening. She was 99 years old and died peacefully with some family members present. Continue reading →

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At River’s Edge

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes in their last hours on this earth, it seems others can see things that we cannot… Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged dying parents, end of life, mother, Ruby Arnett, Ruby Herndon Arnett | 2 Comments

The Aftermath of Suicide

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Doc Arnett

There are many tragedies in this world and few departings from it that do not involve at least some degree of sorrow and sadness. Even when we can see the release that death brings from some long lingering disease, we … Continue reading →