by Deb Farris | Jul 16, 2014 | Family, Uncategorized
There was a turning of the tide this past Sunday. It was a day I realized that trying too hard to be good can be bad. Dad had overslept and texted to tell me he’d be late picking me up for church but still wanted to try and make it. I could have offered to pick him up...
by Deb Farris | Jun 30, 2014 | Family, Uncategorized
“I put your spaghetti recipe on Facebook, Dad. A friend asked for it.” “Well good, now when I go visiting maybe I’ll get spaghetti!” Dad never gets tired of it. The recipe is his grandmother’s. As the legend goes, he learned how to make it from his mother and used it...
by Deb Farris | Jun 21, 2014 | Family, Uncategorized
Late last fall, Dad and I were in the car on our way to the Sunday service at a church he had designed. He’d been asked to give a talk on it for Doors Open the following week. It was a church designed with a hill around it, a solar tower and grass covered roof—green...
by Deb Farris | Mar 8, 2014 | Family, Uncategorized
Some people wait for years to replace a beloved pet. Not us. When we had to put down Pisgah—my fifteen year old Cocker Spaniel—I couldn’t go back home without her there to greet us. She had been through my first marriage with me. After my divorce, she was with...
by Deb Farris | Feb 25, 2014 | Family, Uncategorized
I turn to face the window, the pleasure of a soft pillow under my head and a warm quilt over me. How precious the moment. I open my eyes just as the sun is lifting its weight from its own bed. ‘The Glory of God,’ I think to myself and pray thanks for the...
by Deb Farris | Feb 14, 2014 | Family, Uncategorized
Every year, my husband and I agree that we don’t have to celebrate Valentine’s Day because we don’t need a designated day to say our love is special. Some years we agree not to get each other a card. On others, we agree to get one. One year, Todd...
