Guest post by Sandi Elzinga – December, 2001. The last Christmas season my husband and I spent together. We were focused on the basics. Bill was fast becoming paralyzed and we had no clue what was wrong. We cried out to...
Guest post by Sandi Elzinga – Recently, I had a semi-relapse of the same fatigue I wrestled with several years ago. (See Running With Gerbils: The Wheel of Grief, http://wp.me/pz1Df-5a). Once again, I got myself too busy,...
Several Sundays ago, my “forever” pastor*, Bob Myers (http://www.covenant-church.org/) preached on the difference between a metaphor often quoted to the dying (Make peace with dying), and Jesus Himself, the author and enabler of our peace. Bob questioned...
By Sandi Elzinga – August 4th, 1961. My husband of but a few moments holds my hand as we walk up the aisle. Grinning. The white-ribboned pews are filled with relatives and friends. Members of my church...