My son and I joke about October being the best month for sports with multiple choices. College football begins with all the usual rivalries. Depending on the day and the teams, we wear the appropriate T-shirts. Baseball winds down with the World Series. Sadly, we are not cheering for the Royals this year. The NFL …
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It is the season of mums – that glorious coloring of perennial happiness that I plant and nurture each year. These are the plants I prune in the spring when everything else yearns to bloom. Because I know that when late September and early October creep onto my calendar, these will be the plants that …
Dear Mom, This week, a thank you card will be delivered to you. The card is from me, your daughter – Rebecca. You may wonder why I sent you a thank you card. October is my birthday month, and it’s okay, Mom, that you didn’t remember. Sometimes I, too, can hardly believe another year has …
The doctor’s eyes filled with empathy tears as he handed me the Kleenex box. “You know,” he said, “no one – not even the medical community – knows how to explain miscarriage. No one truly understands what happens to the woman or how she feels. “For whatever reason, God chooses to take these babies early.” …