yagrowsoryadies

Blackberry Sunday

yagrowsoryadies — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:17:29 -0700

Picking blackberries and baking a pie. A rite of summer.

Pay Attention to Your Tears

yagrowsoryadies — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:13:58 -0700

Working with these kids I cry a lot

Farewell to "Old Stinky"

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:18:54 -0700

Saying goodbye to our Children's Village dog was both sweet and sad, like life.

The Boy Who Never Smiled

yagrowsoryadies — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:48:45 -0700

It wasn't the outbursts of anger that worried me as much as the deep sadness that enveloped him,

Going Fishing With my Pal, Tony

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:53:53 -0700

Taking a little guy fishing is great fun even if you only catch seaweed

A Child Sleeps

yagrowsoryadies — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:11:15 -0700

When a child sleeps, God is present.

Brother ASS

yagrowsoryadies — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:04:28 -0800

What if we replaced the cult of the body with St.Francis's way of looking at our bodies?

Weep With Those Who Weep

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:03:42 -0800

One of the kindest things we can do for others is to be with them in their grief.

A Year in the life of a Children's Village Grandpa

yagrowsoryadies — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:20:39 -0800

Living as an old dude in the midst of a passel of foster kids makes for quite a ride.

Christmas Thoughts

yagrowsoryadies — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:21:34 -0800

There are places in the heart we never knew existed until we have loved a child

Someone once said that there are places in the heart that you never even know exist until you ...

What Are Old People For?

yagrowsoryadies — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:59:12 -0800

What Are Old Folks For?

I picked up the book at the bookstore the other day and was astonished at ...

Touching

yagrowsoryadies — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:54:13 -0800

Not giving our kids a hug may be "inappropriate."

Raging Against the Night

yagrowsoryadies — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:58:44 -0700

Never mind chasing that lost youth. Enjoy who we are and the life that was ours.

How Does One Go About "Eldering?"

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:08:51 -0700

Becoming a true Elder Ain't Easy. It takes heart, lots of it.

Walking With My Ghost

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:28:33 -0700

It's the day after my funeral and I'm out for a walk

Discovering Our Power in the Sound of Silence

yagrowsoryadies — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:47:21 -0700

Looking Within Our Silences To Find Our Gifts and Our Potential

Penny "Poops a Lot"

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:29:24 -0700

The old basset hound just won this grandpa over

Wrestling With Your Kids

yagrowsoryadies — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:40:35 -0700

The greatest gift we can give our kids is the gift of time.

The Intimacy Dance

yagrowsoryadies — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:59:27 -0800

Finding that magical balance between too much closeness and too much space

Inmates in prison are from among us

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:59:53 -0800

The hero of this story is a man recently released from prison

Surgery for a little kid named "Danny"

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:49:33 -0800

"Danny" Is Our Kid,Too

As 2006 was passing into history, I found myself at 5:30 in the morning in the ...

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"

yagrowsoryadies — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:02:08 -0800

We will never find ALL that we want in life but savoring what we have is the beginning of wisdom

Re-Igniting the Spark

yagrowsoryadies — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:23:28 -0800

Most of us don't realize the power we have to provide the spark to move another from despair to hope

To Church or not to Church?

yagrowsoryadies — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:35:04 -0800

Feeling comfortable in the pew but far from God. Why go to Church?

The End of Childhood?

yagrowsoryadies — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:56:10 -0700

If the "work" of childhood is play, maybe it's time we let our kids work.

Needing Someone To Worry About You

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:43:59 -0700

Maybe the ultimate loneliness is having no one who worries about you

Reliving your childhood

yagrowsoryadies — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:12:18 -0700

We cherish those childhood memories of tumbling down a hill but what about junior high school?

Surrogate Grandparent in the Children's Village

yagrowsoryadies — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:56:23 -0700

Being a grandpa in the Children's Village will keep me young or I'll die trying

Where Have All the Sundays Gone?

yagrowsoryadies — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:47:57 -0700

We are all diminished by the loss of our Sunday day of rest.

Conversion starts with yourself

yagrowsoryadies — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:53:27 -0700

Success in life is judged by how you live your life not by the dogmas you profess.