by Elaine Olsen | Sep 17, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, pain, peace, pilgrimage, suffering
Chapters. We all have them. Our life stories are made up of them. Segments and seasons of our journeys adequately chronicled and punctuated, each ending half-way down a blank page, indicating to us and to the reader that another segue is about to begin. Not that what...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 14, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, family fun, out of the mouths of babes, parenting
Who gets to walk mom? It’s the newest “chore” added to the already growing list of chores divided up amongst the six of us who live beneath this roof. And since two of the six are rarely around, “mom-walking” usually falls to one of the other three. Last night,...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 10, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, family fun, marriage
Quietly, we waited for her. Our hearts tethered to one another in a way we’ve never known… never tasted throughout our thirteen years of marriage. Few words were spoken between us. They seemed less necessary in those moments—almost intrusive. Instead, we just looked...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 6, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, living God's truth
{photo compliments of Shirley} I have a confession to make… an honest, writer’s confession to bring to the table before one thought is brought to you this morning: I have a lot I want to say; I just don’t have the words to say it. They got lost somewhere in the...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 2, 2010 | a quick word, cancer, cancer volume I, marriage
I have received a gift that far exceeds being the guest blogger on my favorite website: the gift of Elaine. From the day her father (unwittingly) introduced us on the campus of Asbury Theological Seminary some fourteen years ago, through marriage, parenthood and...
