Love is small…

September 15, 2011

source I can’t stop thinking about a life… and death… and an eternal life… of someone I’ve never met. And so I write my heart… …about Sara. There was a steady flow of tears last night… I took Laska the love Kitty for a walk… his first walk ever in a brisk Autumn wind… it […]

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Love knows “home” – gest post bi laska th luv kitee

September 14, 2011

I m laska th luv kitee – tudayz an yesturdayz i rite importint gest postz tuday i have teechingz abowt home Home is were iz restz an sleepz o – an I rote abowt this mapz I mayd yesturday – but no picture I had of it   kreg fixed yesterday in afternoon tymz # […]

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Love says no – guest post by Laska the Love Kitty

September 13, 2011

Kreg iz stil not gud tuday. He haz bad sleepz for all tymz. iz hard fore him tu rite – so tuday an tumorrow Laska th luv kitee helpz with gest postz. iz ok – I haz gud writingz fore u an I rite this cuz dawn – hu haz dogz wunderz how a katz […]

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But Love doesn’t give up. It. Just. Keeps. Going.

September 12, 2011

The spirit is willing, but the body is weak. (Mt 26:41) I don’t feel like trying today… or striving for what’s needed or necessary. I’m a leaf… blown in circles by the wind. But Love doesn’t give up. It. Just. Keeps. Going. Maybe slower… maybe on knees… But Love doesn’t give up. As I write […]

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Love remembers love after 9-11

September 9, 2011

I stayed up most of the night and wrote this as I watched the news. It was published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch in the days following 9-11. source America by the numbers… A handful of airline passengers, after learning of the Trade Center attack, voting, and then sacrificing their lives to prevent another […]

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Love fights through the false no matter how true it feels

September 8, 2011

source It’s a return to the Love War on the negative voices that I know I keep alleging is coming to an end. I’ve enjoyed the break from thinking about them… but in the not thinking about them… even the ones that I say I have mastered… have begun to skulk back in. And a […]

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Love does not add fuel to the fire

September 7, 2011

source A man named Isaac had a bunch of sons. His last was named Joseph… and Joseph… was his favorite. Did he laugh louder at his jokes? Did he have a favorite nick-name? Did he always keep him near… tell him the most personal stories… give him the best of his wisdom? And did each […]

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