By Sylvia Schroeder The car doors slam, and we slide into opposite sides. We look at one another, then sit silently and think over the last hour. The question comes again: “Will we be like that?” As our car heads home, my husband and I add to our verbal inventory for our future. We talk […]
By Evelyn Eng I didn’t notice when it happened, but I had become my Asian parents. I struggled deeply with learning how to let go. Asian parents want their children to always remain children. I needed to teach my parents how to let me go and to learn how to serve them in their old […]
By Terry Magee Those of us in middle age can feel sandwiched between caring for aging parents and continuing to give attention to our children. These responsibilities are piled atop our current demands emanating from work, church, and other regular commitments. Our workload now can make us lose sight of what we will be doing […]
By Steve Wyatt Our church serves a master-planned community that’s evenly divided between two very different demographic groups. Parkside surrounds a huge community and is teeming with young families. Country Club is designed for boomers and beyond (many of whom we affectionately call snowbirds) and is nestled at the base of a mountain with two […]
By Sandi McReynolds “Thank you, I think, but what exactly does that mean?” The next few moments were a comical effort by this group of younger women I love trying to dig themselves out of the hole they’d so innocently dug themselves into. It was meant as a compliment, but let’s face it, if someone […]
