by Kalí Rourke Our Pastor told a story in his recent sermon, and in it, a little boy’s hamster had died and he asked his father (a fellow Pastor) if “Timmy” had gone to heaven. The boy was told in no uncertain terms by his father that nothing that has not professed faith in Jesus Christ shall […]
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July 15 – Collecting and Connecting
by Kalí Rourke I recently mentioned to my husband that in light of our multiple downsizings, we were fortunate that neither of us is a collector. My husband smiled and said, “I think you do have a collection. You have collected the people and ancestry in your family!” “And yours,” I responded with a grin. People ask, […]
June 4 – A “Dad-Shaped Hole” in My Heart
by Kali´Rourke Father’s Day approaches, and although I rejoice in the wonderful Dad that my daughters have, I take no such joy in my own. He was an unsolvable mystery to me. He married my mother when she was seventeen and they had me when she was nearly nineteen. My only impressions of him as […]
May 20 – And The Winner Is…
by Kali’ Rourke I have been involved in mentoring since 2005 when Austin Independent School District Principals asked the nonprofit I was working with for a mentor program for children who had lost a parent to prison. You see, in public schools, when a child loses a parent for any other reason (divorce, death, etc.), […]
March 25 – Mortality Musings
by Kalí Rourke Mom Rourke was declining at 92 years old. The scalpel sharp intellect and memory we had enjoyed for years was slowly but inevitably eroding, and for a while, Mom railed in anger and frustration at her loss of control. We learned so much as my husband’s older sister cared for Mom during […]
March 9 – Want to Think Young? Mentor!
by Kali’ Rourke I am sure I echo many members of my generation who express the feeling, “I don’t feel as old as I am!” We look in the mirror and see the inevitable downward slide of gravity and the toll it takes, the wrinkles or fine lines that our frolics in the sun have […]
