“True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.”
(St. Francis of Assisi)

Here in the Peaceable Kingdom, this time St. Francis is only half right.  As this last week has passed in its inevitable blur, Suki’s progress has been scrutinously noticed.  Almost to the level of every breath, ministrations and their results are painstakingly recorded.  [Read more…]

As the night falls, Suki has now taken yet another turn for the worse.  I hear these lines written by Saint John of the Cross, and imagine he is hearing them, too; longing, as we all long, to return to our eternal home.

Once in a dark of night,
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“Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer.”
(André A. Jackson )

Our days in these flesh bodies are numbered by design.  As they pass, we can choose to live each moment to its fullest or we can fritter them away in mindless pursuit of meaningless things, all of which we would trade for one more when on our deathbed.

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