by debracelovsky | Nov 26, 2025 | Family Life, Thanksgiving
Like many families with grown children, Thanksgiving and Christmas are celebrated with Sam and me on alternate years. I’ve never minded this yearly pattern. Why? Well, one reason is that, in marriage, my children chose so well, and we always appreciate that they...
by debracelovsky | Nov 8, 2025 | Autumn, Family Life
The great thing about getting older is you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. Madeleine L’Engle Birthdays are an annual reckoning, aren’t they? Of all the days in the year, it is the one marked for each of us. And the time between first...
by debracelovsky | Aug 29, 2025 | Family Life, Random Thinkings, Summer
Lately, due in large part to our recent fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration, I’ve been thinking about time, its passage, and the magnificent mysteries that lie beyond this “vale of tears”, as our forbears so quaintly put it. Not long ago I was...
by debracelovsky | Jun 27, 2025 | Family Life, Random Thinkings
Down the road from where I used to live, visible behind large trees and overgrown bushes, sat a small house of nondescript brown. Wood scraps, pieces of old machinery, and piles of rubbish adorned its dilapidation. Rotted fencing surrounded the property in front and...
by debracelovsky | Apr 8, 2024 | Dads, Family Life, Moms
I’m not sure I want to bring any more children into a world like this. You may have heard these words—or even said them. I have traveled several times to Israel and, within hours of landing at Tel Aviv Airport, we always travel south to a kibbutz near the...
by debracelovsky | Jul 26, 2023 | Family Life, Random Thinkings, Travel
(Photo: Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay, CA) Let’s see. In the weeks since my last post, my husband and I have: been to Lithuania to oversee a wonderful multinational church while our pastor friends made a trip to the U.S. (check out my Facebook page for photos and...
