Sharing insights and inspiration that happen over a cup of tea

Sharing insights and inspiration that happen over a cup of tea

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Category: Time

  • God has a grandfather’s time

    Tonight as I was walking to my car, I noticed something under the tire. As I bent down to get a closer look, I realized it was just a large leaf that had blown down out of the tree overhead during a brief rain storm. Then I realized the ground around my car was littered with…

  • Remembering is a path to healing

    Today, as I make plans to attend yet another wake for a friend, I do what most of us do in times like this—remember what was. The meeting of friends and family at the funeral parlor, the familiar routine of the wake service and Mass, the images and symbols of the cemetery are certain to…

  • Death is a teacher of time and treasure

    "Dear angel guide my feet, I come each moment closer to the brink, it may be I am nearer home today, dear angel, than I think"    Carved on an old headstone in an English cemetery The headstone found in an old English cemetery relayed an incomplete story of a family struck by tragedy—the dad, James,…

  • Not bothering is an important part of the journey

    "How do you do nothing?" asked Pooh…. Christopher Robin replied, "It means just going along, listening to all the things you can hear, and not bothering." For many years I have written a newspaper column at least twice a month. During the past several years, it has been almost once a week. Adding a stray…

  • Now is the moment to love the dying

    "When all the funeral guests had left, I stood alone in my father's empty kitchen, the home of my childhood, and sobbed uncontrollably as I began our nightly ritual of making a cup of tea."  Mary Regina It is never painless to spend time with the dying. It is harder still when that person is…

  • Keeping time with the angels is no easy task

    II l always fear that creation will expire before teatime.  ~Sydney Smith While meandering through my local bookstore, a favorite haunt on especially stressful days, I unexpectedly found a copy of my first published book. The book is now out of print so I was delighted to find it on the shelf instead of in…