Noah's Ark Now

2018-03-01

      I have felt compelled to write about politically charged events a few times on this Trauma website. Under the headings of Sorrow, Loss, and Tragedy...

2017-08-05

  Last year my life changed forever. I’ve joined that club no one wants to be in – one of my children died. My 36 year old son, Joseph, died of a brain...

2016-10-22

Disability can be visited upon you suddenly and shockingly, as in the case of victims who survive a shooting or bombing, or accident victims of all types...

2015-03-24

From the moment the decision was made to sell our home and move across the country, to this moment as I sit in my new home to write, there was a span...

2014-08-20

There is an ongoing international conversation about Suicide and Depression sparked by the death this week of beloved comedian Robin Willams. Mental Health...

2013-12-24

The Holidays are a good time to take up the topic of Expectations. We set ourselves up for disappointment time after time when it comes to family...

2013-07-30

Having the opportunity, which I consider blessed, to work with dying people in the role of Chaplain, has given me  insight into the experience of...

2013-06-04

I was ruminating for a week over an entirely different blog topic when I came across this quote and knew what I needed to write about. ” Do not disturb...

2013-06-04

I was ruminating for a week over an entirely different blog topic when I came across this quote and knew what I needed to write about. ” Do not disturb...

2013-05-01

“In the ensuing months, she thought much about the way in which a stranger can finger your life: this man, who knows nothing of her, nor she of him, until...