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FLOWER CHILD. On a mountaintop in Washington State a few years ago, I hold my weary granddaughter before she rides back down the trail on the shoulders of her dad, my son. This picture came to mind today when the words of a Philistine to King David, …
My four-year-granddaughter got scared at church yesterday. I was standing beside her, and I saw the terror in her eyes as she grabbed tight onto her mother, who lifted her into consoling arms. We were standing in line in the church parking lot, …
WHEN MY LITTLE BROTHER in early December fought COVID-19, I waited for what I expected would be a life-or-death phone call. It was Day 9 on a ventilator, for Cliff. I was told that physicians and nurses were going to try weaning him off the vent. …
IT’S A PRAYER REQUEST for little bro, Cliff. Three weeks on a vent with COVID-19, he failed his first spontaneous breathing test yesterday. He lasted 15 minutes breathing on his own, I am told. He needs to last 30. Another test today, likely. A …
I HAD TWO BROTHERS at the beginning of the year. I don’t want to end with none. My youngest brother died in July. Heart attack. My surviving brother, also younger, is starting Day Nine on a Ventilator, fighting COVID. Yesterday morning, they …
I COULDN’T TAKE THE PICTURE. I’ve worked as a photojournalist. I’ve taken pictures of dead teenagers whose bodies were still trapped inside a car that a train mauled, shoved, and crushed 200 yards down a railroad track before …
QUICK NOTE. At 7 this evening, Central Time, I’m premiering a short video that’s unlike any I’ve done before. Odd thoughts about writing, family, and a virus. It’s more personal. It’s about writing, family, and the …
I’M DRIVING ALONG, eager to get home. I need to finish that hour-long video. It had been a pain in the neck. It’s B-roll footage I shot recently in the Northwest. I hope to use it in future videos. But it has some problems. I had no plan …
SCREAMING, our two-year-old grandson stopped the daycare Thanksgiving meal for a few minutes on Monday. It was a Thanksgiving Family Lunch at the daycare. Parents and grandparents of the kids were invited to sit on the tiniest chairs you’ve ever seen …
I WAS MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, proofing my work on the Gospel of Matthew paraphrase for the Casual English Bible, when I tripped over a surprising Bible verse. I paraphrased Jesus putting it this way, “If people want to find their own worst enemies, …
SORRY ABOUT NOT WRITING the blog articles last week. My wife and I have been busy with dogs, diapers, and newborn babies. The blog took a back seat. A month ago my wife and I had one pair of two-year old grandkids. A boy and a girl. Today we have …
NO BLOG ARTICLE TODAY. Just a Grandpa Steve video. My two-year-old grandson meets his newborn brother, “Baby Evan.” When I watch it, my heart is warmed to see this boy’s loving reaction to his brother, whom he had never met and …
