Martin and Me

Our InterPlay troupe participated in several Martin Luther King celebrations this past weekend, which got me thinking about what my kids used to call, “the olden days.” I remembered the time I almost got to meet Dr. King in person.   Dr. King was scheduled to speak at...

The Ring

I was eleven years old the year my mother’s younger sister, our Aunt Dote, graduated from college.  As a World War II veteran, she took advantage of the GI Bill and, while working full time, completed her degree in six years.  She graduated second in her class, and my...

Pilgrim

I was a pilgrim once, like religious devotees who have traveled over the centuries to sacred sites in search of healing. Rather than to the Holy Land, or to Lourdes,   I journeyed to Brazil to meet the man known as, John of God. Learning about him from friends and...

Sacred Sleeplessness

“How’d you sleep?” was a common morning greeting in our family. My father’s regular reply – “It was good, what there was of it.”  Now, in recent years, sleep cycle researchers have taught us a lot about the importance of those hours we spend in bed.  Sleep is a...

TOUGH INTO TRIUMPH

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