Good Friday
I hang my coat in the vestibule, shake hands with the church greeter and head to my usual pew. The cross has been draped with […]
Patricia Schneider
Good Stuff or Garbage?
The garbage at the condo goes into a large bin just a bit south of my unit. It is a short walk and one I don’t mind at all as long as our prairie winds aren’t blowing 50 clicks.
Gifts Galore
I can’t recall the book or the story, but somewhere I read about a rather ugly tiny baby, who would certainly not have made received […]
Wedding Whimsy
Carefully, I lift the grey cardboard box from the shelf and climb up the stairs. Sitting around the living room are my “Bible Study Ladies”…the […]
Of Toothpaste and Tomorrows
I squeeze the toothpaste tube once, then again. Yes, there is still a bit left in it and I laugh as I recall myself doing […]
Buttons
No, this is not a story about sewing, but rather about the buttons of life. I never thought about it in that way until I had a visit from my grandson Mike.
Criticisms
The other day I walked into the meeting room at the church and began to rearrange some of the tables…they were not lined up perfectly and nothing bothers me more than things all askew.
Apologies
Like most of you, I hate admitting I am wrong…I had to apologize twice today to the same person.
Vanished
Yesterday I sat in the living room and watched as my two daughters chattered away. I really felt I was invisible.
Six Years
My nose is running and my cheeks are wet with tears…no, I haven’t the beginnings of a cold, I have the beginnings of revisited grief. […]
Naked
No, this is not one of those stories about an awful dream you had about shopping at your local grocery store in your all together. This is a story about story-tellers.
Beauty from Afar
The gift box sat under the Christmas tree. I knew it was an amaryllis but there was a memory attached that just would not surface. […]
Fear Not
Although I have no fear of public speaking, I have a dreadful fear of winter’s icy roads. Northern Alberta was probably not the best choice of residence and yet I have been here since 1961.
That First Time
That first kiss, that “First place” at the Music Festival, that first baby…so many “firsts” in your life. This adventure of life if full of “firsts”…some wonderful and some woeful.
Christmas Carol Memories
I recall several Christmases when I was a child. One was nearly a nightmare. On Boxing Day my mother decided to place parts of the […]
Thoughts
It is nearly Christmas and the winter sun blazes into the living room window. It doesn’t contain much heat but it is so low in the south that it hits you right in the eye and it is bright!
Harry’s Home
When the phone rang I had no idea my reply would change a good many things for the next month. But it was Advent and […]
God’s Plans and Puppies
The longer I live the more I am aware of God’s long-range plans. What might have been a mystery or a tragedy is far better explained when the decades roll by and are observed in the Senior years.