“Why are we here and Hobbes is in Heaven? Why do we have to go to school and boys and girls in Heaven don’t? Why are we here if the Earth is not that great and Heaven is perfect?” my five year old son asks me with tears in his eyes. I would usually say he was doing his usual bedtime filibuster, but we did just lose our precious dog, Hobbes, a little over a month ago. The terrible understanding that death is permanent has hit Jack earlier than I had hoped. Continue reading
Okay, okay. I know this is a typical cheesy Valentine’s title, but y’all. I am FEELING the love this weekend. Let me start with romantic love (since everyone assumes that’s what this is all about), and then move on to the real message behind this babble. Continue reading
“In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
I’m not one to talk too much about religion. I consider myself a Christian. I believe in Jesus and God and all that jazz. I also, have much respect for other religions and beliefs and feel that many of them are connected to the same general ideologies. Be kind to one another. Appreciate what you have. When you die, you won’t really die. You’ll go on to live forever, somewhere. Probably, Heaven. Heaven has always fascinated me. What’s it like? Who is there? Are we still ourselves or do we become warm glittery beams of light? Maybe we all take the form of dogs and God plays fetch with us for the rest of eternity. Continue reading
The Munchkin Nugget 