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Sick kid and grieving the loss of prayer.

My son is sick. It might be no more than scarlet fever (because apparently we live in Little House on the Prairie days). But his doctor thinks it's Kawasaki disease, which is much more serious. Of course, I'm terrified. Even without treatment prognosis is good, but...

how do you take off your band-aid?

I hate taking off band-aids. It hurts. I used to take them off really slowly, making every effort to make sure the pain was kept to a minimum. I would take as long as a minute to take it off, longer if there was hair involved. It still hurt, but spread out like butter...

Why compare yourself to others?

Today I'm just giving you an extended quote from one of my favorite philosophers, Krishnamurti, because each and every one of you is amazing: "Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another. Yet when I...

this is my story this is my song

That's a quote from an old hymn, "Blessed Assurance". Once in a while old hymns like this one emerge in my consciousness. My favorite hymn of all time is "For the Beauty of the Earth". I still remember singing this as a very small child and being moved by the words...

late and absent and TLS

(*** A young woman contacted me the other day about his cartoon that was originally a white couple. She and her husband are Jamaican with dreads and she wondered if I could make the couple look like them. She sent an adorable photo of them. She also wanted him to say...

Exercise: Punishing Myself With Pleasures

Unlike all of you, I have some bad habits. They are your typical sins that I have tended to fall into when I'm going through a difficult time. They are: drinking too much; smoking too much; and being horny too much. It's not that there's anything morally wrong with...

smoldering anger and getting it out

I have a few scriptures that I will never forget. I still treasure them. Psalm 39:2 was always important to me: "My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue." Basically, David talks about how at times he was so upset...