by Norma Thatcher | May 13, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
The article on Israeli economist Rafi Eldor fascinated me. When, at the age of 55 he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, his reaction was as though the sky had fallen on him. After a couple of years of denial, he decided he would actively fight the debilitating...
by Norma Thatcher | May 9, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
Even years after a child dies, for the mom or dad some days are harder than others. For many, the child’s birthday triggers the strongest emotions; all the bright and happy memories tied to that date. Others find that the anniversary of the death is the hardest day of...
by Norma Thatcher | May 6, 2017 | Family, Humor, Love
You may decide that what I told him today was harsh. “I have a life without you. I know that’s not true for you, and I’m sorry.” He looked at me with those amazing eyes, gazing through, it seemed, to my very soul. I could tell what he was thinking. Did she just say...
by Norma Thatcher | May 2, 2017 | Family, Humor, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
In retrospect I should have thought through the sequence of events a little better. Yesterday I had some minor out-patient toe surgery done under local anesthesia. Early this morning I had an infected and cracked back tooth extracted under sedation. So yesterday I...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 29, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Prayers, Spiritual, Thought provoking
If ever a marriage has been made in Heaven, it is Bob and Kathy’s. In 1968 Bob arrived in San Francisco the day he was due to ship out for a one-year tour of Vietnam. Coming from a small town across the country, he wanted to see the city’s sights in the few hours he...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 25, 2017 | Family, Humor, Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
Some people (it seems especially older people) have a habit of reading the local obituaries each day. I recall my parents doing this, but I don’t do it. (Not yet, anyhow!) Is it just me or do you find it unsettling when the family chooses a decades-old photograph to...