SAYS FYL

My Ramblings

  • life is like a bicycle

    This is for MC . . . Albert Einstein had a son who struggled with mental illness. Imagine that. Here was a genius, a man with so much to his name and fame, someone everyone looked to for solutions to problems. Yet he couldn’t fix life for his son. In a letter to his son, Read more

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  • mr. kitty, jesus’ kitty

    Here’s my miracle story. And because it has to do with Mr. Kitty who is a cat and because I hate cats, this is especially meaningful to me. All week long I’ve had this awful ache in my back and my legs that simply refused to leave and got worse and worse each day. I Read more

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  • the mundane life of a beaver

    Over dinner today we watched an old Smithsonian IMAX movie about  beavers. It begins with a pair of beavers stalking the country side looking for the perfect real estate.They find it. It’s a flowing stream in a lush valley with tall trees and even taller mountains to protect them. They decide that this will be Read more

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  • the speed of innovation

    September was a busy month. This week is not so bad. So, I decided to treat myself and hulu today. Several great new shows this season. Looks like sitcoms are getting back in form. But more than the shows, it was the advertisements that caught my eyes–Two hours of huluing and I was introduced to Read more

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  • reaching the point of total forgiveness

    It’s been several months now and I truly thought I was over it. That I’d forgiven and moved on. That is until I found myself in my car, right behind her in her car. The urge to rear-end her and send her to the ER and the car to the junk yard was near overwhelming. Read more

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  • p & j ministry

    I confess. I’m a scavenger, a sucker for anything free. So every now and then I browse through Craigslist’s “free.” And that’s where I saw the following advertisement: “We have been there and now want to give back. We will be making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for anyone that is hungry. Mon-Fri 5:30-6:30 PM. Read more

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  • the legacy of ted kennedy

    For me at least, a word association of “Ted Kennedy” first recalls “Chappaquiddick.” It was just one incident out of his life. Yet, his 47 years of service in the US Senate, his passionate battles for causes such as voting rights, minimum wage, equalities for minorities and women, etc, etc  cower in the shadows when Read more

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  • when people let you down

    But the head cupbearer never gave Joseph another thought. Genesis 40:23 When I moved here, she went out of her way to befriend me.  Over the next two years it seemed like she was always there to support me in my little battles. But when the big one came armed with heavy arsenal that shot Read more

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  • when there are no explanations

    My parents are 70, my mother-in-law 80. And I’ve prepared myself to face the inevitable one day. One day, I’ll have to let go, say goodbye, and give praise for their lives and the ways they’ve made a difference in mine. So, yeah, I’ve been sort of prepping myself. But I hadn’t prepared myself for Read more

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  • the papad’s road to westernization

    The Indian papad is a thin, super-crunchy lentil wafer that’s super delicious deep fried. For my family, it can’t be just any kind of papad; it must be the Madras papad. That’s the kind that has not been adulterated by today’s fad for food fusion.  That’s the kind that hasn’t been assimilated with the Western Read more

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