Today is the anniversary of the tragedy of ‘9/11’! God keep America! Today is also the day when Marc’s homicide pre-trial hearing would have taken place. What a blessing the case is no longer hovering over our lives! I’m pleased with the general outcome, I feel there was enough justice, but I’m still tracking the…
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Those Weak Christian’s
I haven’t written for couple weeks as I started with Facebook, and wanted to see if it would work for me or not. It’s been interesting listening to family and friends, even non-Christians too. On FBk you skim the surface of lives mostly, but you get an idea of others interests, values on life. It…
Different Griefs
I never mentioned this huge issue but after Marc passed I remember feeling twinges of panic or guilt. I asked myself ‘was there something I could have done differently’, ‘am I guilty of something re: Marc’? Perhaps every parent asks him/herself this? I’m not completely satisfied with my assessment of myself but I can’t make…
A Neighbor’s Recent Tragedy
Recently my long time neighbor lost her husband all of a sudden! He was only 49! It was a big surprise to hear of his loss, I saw him passing by many days of the week, and he was a fit guy! I left a message for her as she didn’t open her door to my…
Marc’s Memorial
For some reason I never got around to sharing about Marc’s memorial, it still seems so painful, private, unbelievable we even had to have one! I just didn’t even want to be there, it took so much will power to drag myself to the church. But …. if I never shared it would be a…
Honor In Death
I think God honor’s people He loves in the way they leave this life! God’s not blind to what’s going on down here, He’s watching us as we go thru life. I believe He can intervene at any time or way He wants. Going up to a new city knowing only a couple people I…
Greek Vote and Missing Marc
Marc would have understood the general impact of what is going on in Greece. This morning I just automatically expected him to text me about it, then I remembered, he’s watching it from another vantage point. The Greek referendum is both a political matter as well as economical one. Marc cared about the political process,…
Was Justice Served?
I’ve had to deal with family and friends assesment of the crime so I’ve heard a number of people share their thoughts about murder, punishment, justice, etc. While faithful people have been pretty good about the pain and sadness side of Marc’s going, the ‘justice’ theme at times got some peoples emotions riled. So I…
A Thorn From the Start
I want to share an alarming fact about Marc’s case. Our family and the city of Portland were pulled into the case thinking the crime was a very macabre incident!! The whole idea of ‘killing for sport’, like one of the first suspects intimated to the news, was wrong! The suspects remarks about himself were…
Charleston & God’s Hand
The terrible killing of 9 black parishioners few days ago has me reflecting. I too went thru the sudden, violent loss of a loved one. It’s been comforting to see, feel the mood of ‘grace’ that’s coming from the AME church members and other Carolinians. I was so glad to hear the forgiving words of various loved ones towards…