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Posted 2016-02-21T15:34:25Z

New Steps

Saturday was a special treat for me as I was able to spend the day with Jo and Lydia - two of my friends from REHAB. Jo drove me out to visit Lydia who's spending time at a facility near Zürich. Jo and I planned this surprise visit last week, and it was such a joy for me to spend the afternoon with the two of them. I had to work hard on my German, but Lydia encouraged me that I've improved a lot since she met me - when I could only say two sentences in German. [...]

Posted 2016-02-14T21:00:05Z

I'm Already Tired

This week a friend posted on Facebook a meme that said, "I feel like I'm already tired tomorrow." I relate to this sentiment on a painfully deep level. I remember way back in REHAB writing a post about how I worried people would get bored hearing me talk about how tired I am, so I try to down play it. The truth is, I'm always tired. I'm always excited to go to work, but I'm tired. [...]

Posted 2016-02-01T20:10:02Z

Encounters

Yesterday in many liturgical services across the globe, Christians celebrated the day Jesus was first brought into the temple. When the chaplain spoke about it at my church yesterday, he focused on the encounter Jesus had with Simeon. This old dude was tight with the Holy Spirit, and Simeon was led to the temple that day to encounter the Messiah. It was no accident that he reached out for the holy child, and he knew in that moment that it was a blessed encounter.[...]