Category Archives: The Long Goodbye

These Are the Good Old Days

I saw this pennant and claimed it for my home. We have been blessed with five children and as of this writing, a ninth grandchild joined us last week, with another due in December. And as I carve time for them I find it not only fleeting but scarce these days as I caretake myContinue reading “These Are the Good Old Days”

Lewis’ Problem of Pain

Almost daily. My dad speaks to me of goodbye, thanking me for caring for him — of a final separation that is drawing near. Sometimes he feels it more than others, I see him squinting into the void, as though seeing death approach on the horizon. He had a vagal response last Friday night… whileContinue reading “Lewis’ Problem of Pain”