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  • Hope in Istanbul

    Umut was our guide in Istanbul…she loved her city…her heritage. In the Blue Mosque she grew quit–respectful,  and took in the artistry and architecture  as if it were her first visit. She knew vendors in the Grand Bazaar  who ushered us through a… Continue reading

  • Emergency Room?

    You might need to go to the Emergency Room if:…your stomach and intestines have locked up and you haven’t been able to eat or drink anything for over 24 hours …ingesting a sip of water causes you to be more nauseous and you… Continue reading

  • Warmth In The Winter

    Buttah Chicken over Cauli Rice Trim Healthy Mama pg. 48 & 225 With the first spicy bite, I was unexpectedly transported to that first June night out in Jalalabad. A little Pakistani restaurant on the other side of town–bring your own… Continue reading

  • Histamean and The Seven Symptoms

    itchy twitchy sneezy wheezy flushy darty and hive* The ‘Seven Symptoms’ were not the way I wanted to wake up on my day off, especially because they hadn’t hit me that hard in over a year–and intensely wheezing for hours… Continue reading

  • The Nonconformists

    A Midwestern Romeo and Juliet      — these two in the late 1950s.Households who attended differing churches and rival schools;viewing the other as “afwijkend”,* that over the decades morphed to “offies”.*In spite of the labels, they were alike in their foundational,… Continue reading

  • Pray for Autumn

    About 30 years ago, I was babysitting for an infant girl with Down Syndrome who was often sickly. Though it was only a short watch, I didn’t leave her side as I monitored her chest rise and fall with wispy,… Continue reading

  • My Momma’s Heart Is So Big

    congestive: an unnatural filling      My mom’s her heart is dangerously enlarged…trust me, she’s no grinch…never has been.  She’s a lover of life and people and especially THE Lord–she loves well. About seven months ago, she was diagnosed with… Continue reading

  • It’s The Little Things

    I adore minutiae…have a small collection in a box, but my box isn’t minute like this one.  I’d like this more than any elf I know…and Cheerios are gluten-free, but I wouldn’t eat the mini-donuts, I’d just admire them for… Continue reading

  • A Lesson in Seeing

    My last day at the Children’s Home had a self-induced air of urgency and the blazing sun and seemed to eat away at the little time we had. We did some individual review lessons with the communication picture boards and… Continue reading