I asked him, “Dad, are you afraid of dying?” Without hesitation, he looked into my eyes as some sort of reassurance and in his calming voice he replied, “No, but I want to live.” And he smiled. I believed him and I actually understood. In his faith there was no doubt that he believed there […]

I pull it out now and then as I did today. It’s just a beautiful as the day I first saw it, which I actually can’t remember when that day was. But it was on her hand. She never seemed to wear much jewelry, her wedding ring, a brooch, a butterfly neklace, maybe clip on […]