Category: Dealing with Change

  • Heart Update and Some Anonymous Wisdom

    It has been five weeks today since my open heart surgery. I’m supposed to be walking 1.5 miles per day now to strengthen my heart and expand my lung capacity. We usually just walk around our neighborhood  in the cool of the early evening.  This morning Layne and I went up on the mountain for a…

  • Paul’s Emergency Open Heart Surgery

    Three weeks ago today, on June 29, Paul underwent emergency open heart surgery. Here’s what happened . . . On Saturday, June 25, at about 9am Paul walked into the bedroom from outside and started to feel dizzy. Layne was lazily sleeping beneath the covers and raised her head to say “Good morning,” just as he…

  • Balancing Act and Choice Points

    Choices are not always “either/or”, sometimes they are “both/and”. It often takes great wisdom and lots of experience to be impeccably discerning. Following on last post we were reminded of this set of distinctions written by a friend and colleague back in 1980. Perhaps they are relevant and worthy of reflection today as we go through any…