Welcome, friends!

Most of us have lost something or someone. Afterward, it’s easy to get so overwhelmed by sadness that we forget the good that still exists, so fixated on what we don’t have that we miss out on what we do.  I’m learning to look at my life from a glass-full perspective, and so can you.

So who am I? I am a widow, mother, daughter, sister, friend. I’m also a doctor, and after thirty years in emergency medicine, I know how quickly lives can change. Car accidents, cancer, farm traumas, and heart attacks all taught me to live in the moment and enjoy each day as it came. I forgot all that, though, as soon as my husband got sick.

God gave us almost six months, and strangely, they were the best months of our marriage. Each autumn leaf became a treasure, each shared meal a gift, each conversation an opportunity to be savored. Death has a way of sharpening your focus to what’s important.

I still have a life to live, and I can make it better by remembering those lessons. Instead of moaning about the past or worrying about the future, I can savor the simple moments in each day. I can live gratefully for the blessings God gives and those He takes away. 

As I share this search for balance in my own life, I hope you’ll find wisdom and ideas for your own. I am on a path to feeling joy and finding peace; come with me.

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it
(Psalm 118:24).