Peace on Earth

There’s an age-old adage that one should never discuss religion or politics in social settings. Those two topics are polarizing and often friends and family quickly become frenemies. We celebrated Thanksgiving here in the United States a couple of weeks ago and one of the funniest memes I read on social media stated the person…

Homecoming

Healing from serious illness is a journey. Actually, healing from the treatment of serious illness is probably more accurate. I wasn’t yet aware of the serious illness until it was detected on a routine test so my healing is more from the havoc the treatment wrought on my body getting rid of it than the…

Raspberry Jam

My Grandma Rose made the best raspberry jam. The smell of raspberry jam cooking would waft into my early morning dreams whenever I spent the night at grandma’s house. My little brother and I would race downstairs to the kitchen where Grandma Rose had been up for hours picking raspberries and making jam. That beautifully…