by debracelovsky | Feb 7, 2022 | Family Life
A brief yet reflective walking through a cemetery is enough to teach us more than all the philosophy of the world during a lifetime. Giannis Delimitsos It had been thirteen years since we made our Living Trust. It was created a year before the unexpected death of my...
by debracelovsky | Jan 3, 2022 | New Year
There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven; but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else. C.S. Lewis One of my particular joys at the end of each year is the final reading in my One Year...
by debracelovsky | Nov 25, 2021 | Autumn, Thanksgiving, Travel
. . .somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience. . .” e.e. cummings After three weeks of traveling in Europe with my husband, and a little time to process, I want to put down some of the things for which the trip inspired me to be thankful in...
by debracelovsky | Oct 3, 2021 | Autumn, Family Life
One early evening after dinner, Rose, 2 1/2, bright blond hair in a spiky ponytail, says suddenly, “Starka! The sun is going!” We open the front door, step onto the porch, and look directly west. The brilliant sphere is a dazzling...
by debracelovsky | Jun 14, 2021 | Family Life, Word
A teacher’s job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded. Darwin D. Martin When I was sixteen I taught a class of second and third graders in the church my father pastored. My young life had been spent under Bible instruction,...