by Carole Duff | Jun 1, 2021 | Faith, Family |
Keith and Carole, December 2003 Finding love in our fifties June is a month of anniversaries for Keith and me. For instance, June 1st is the anniversary of my mother’s birthday and my ex-husband’s death. But today’s bonus post is about wedding anniversaries. The story...
by Carole Duff | May 31, 2021 | Family |
Last year, I wrote about the Memorial Day tribute at Trinity Lutheran Church, our congregation’s original home church in Crimora. Five years ago, I wrote about my father’s service in WWII, and a little about my father-in-law, Colonel Edward W. Kenny. A fighter pilot...
by Carole Duff | May 24, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature |
The basement in my dream was large, windowless, and poorly lit. I wore a white cable-knit sweater from my teen years. The sweater became increasingly dirty as I sorted through years of detritus. Psychoanalyst Carl Jung posited that dream houses represent the...
by Carole Duff | May 17, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
This is a heartfelt message to my former student Melinda French Gates. Praying for Marriages Last week, visiting family members asked me to pray for their dear neighbors, who are having marital problems. They have two young children. “Certainly,” I said. “Keith and I...
by Carole Duff | May 10, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
She was my mother. In quick succession, Gayle Greene suffers the loss of her beloved aunt and mother. She’s the last of her family; her only sibling and her father are also deceased. Sifting through photographs and belongings left behind, she grieves her losses,...
by Carole Duff | May 3, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
The crucial decision regarding the existence of God Last Friday morning—a delightful sunny day compared to today’s delightful rain—I went upstairs to the loft in order to place some end-of-the-month financial records in the file cabinet. Hearing my footsteps and the...
