Yesterday I was overwhelmed by how many people I know and love were in the deep funk of the trenches.  Slings and arrows come from our everyday ordinary life and from our everyday coworkers, family, friends and even strangers in the next car over.  Our very own church family can get prickly and irritated with us.  Our…

Little did I know I was preaching the same sermon by telephone that I was about to hear at church later the same morning. I have also been reading a novel about Bathsheba and King David.  I got a little taste of what it is like to deliver a message from God much like Nathan did…

On his last visit, Robert wanted to tour around town checking out the many changes over 20 years.  He especially wanted to go back to where it all started – Central State Mental Hospital. Stripped of Family at Age 8 When Robert was 8, his parents’ rights were terminated due to their abuse of their…

And the last four days played out this way… seven separate breakdowns, A DOT shutdown and a fire.  I learned my son was working for what is called an outlaw trucking company.  He did not know it until he got in and then he could not get out.  He gave his resignation but the outlaws…

Text message on my phone said “Call me.”  I knew this would not be good.  “Well Mom, DOT shut me down.  They cited Jalil with 3 citations but I am clean.  I have no brakes on the 3rd and 4th axle.” 3 Out of 5 Ain’t Bad I say “Well Robert, you have 3 that work and…

Hospice Care My foster son is driving a truck that is officially on hospice care.  All the bodily functions are beginning to shut down.  There must be an extraordinary amount of money in trucking to sustain the costs of being broken down every 160 miles.  Add to that the fines of $1000 per day for…

We got it backwards.  According to the Psalms, weeping may stay for the night but rejoicing comes in the morning.  We were rejoicing and celebrating Robert’s two great job offers in the evening but the weeping began the next morning. Suspension of an Invalid License Out of the gate before moving an inch Robert lost…

On the road again after the brief 48 hour visit and 20 year reunion, Robert was headed to Chicago for truck repair. Antifreeze poured out as fast as he poured it in.  His load to Chicago cancelled after he waited around all day putting him in Chicago in time to be put in a hotel…

Waited 20 years and 16 days for the reunion with my foster son.  The last time I saw him, he was walking away because I had taken away his truck and driving privileges.  The reasons were as varied as the wrecks but the overriding reason was he simply did not have the judgement and reaction time to…