depression – IT'S A HARnDen LIFE…

Wrestling Life

The other day, one of my favorite pastors preached on wrestling. Yes, wrestling. Now, this is near and dear to my heart because I went to a private high school where wrestling was king. All the big guys went to public school to play football and get a chance at a college scholarship, and that left us with a team as small as our marching band. Our wrestling team took States back-to-back for decades. If you know the sport, you have to be the exact weight of that class. If you are wrestling 120, you have to weigh precisely 120. Except for the heavyweight division, you can tip the scales from 183-285. This brings me to the sermon…

Beauty From Brokenness

The Japanese have a beautiful art form of repairing broken bowls called kintsugi (golden repair). The more than 4 centuries old method honors the broken item’s rich history by emphasizing, not hiding, the break. Local craftsman stumbled upon the method after the 15th Century Shogun broke his favorite tea bowl and some poor methods wereContinue reading “Beauty From Brokenness”

For Crying Out Loud

I cried for the first time on Sunday since the pandemic started. I cried hard. Sat on my bathroom floor and sobbed. It has been 6 months since I have stepped foot in a church. I have had to watch on TV with a puppy continually bringing me a ball and my older dog beggingContinue reading “For Crying Out Loud”