This post is from 2011. This past week Terry Gross – host of NPR’s Fresh Air – interviewed Ian Brown in relation to his new book “The Boy in the Moon”. The book is about life with his disabled son. My husband Tim had heard that Terry Gross’ questions were problematic and asked me if […]
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Temma and I together in Itasca, Illinois while her Papa, Tim, is in Oxford with the painting “The Oxford Temma” as a gift to the St. Luke Church Community there. The photo of Temma and I on Tim’s computer screen with “The Oxford Temma” painting in the background brings to me some embodiment of my […]
I recently finished reading the book, “Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever’s Search For the Truth About Everything” by Barbara Ehrenreich. It was a fascinating read for me, truly a wild ride for the woman steeped in belief in God to read the memoir of a woman steeped in nonbelief, science, and rationality. With […]
“Good morning, sweetie peetie,” I greet Temma each morning, my own eyes still half-shut when I paddle into her room. Her eyes are most often open as if she has been waiting for me. She startles a bit at the sound of my voice, her arms and feet lifting up and her eyes becoming even […]
The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Tim and I went to visit Tim’s Mom at the home where she lives in Bedford, Virginia and where she finds good care. It was a great, celebratory day, having just been to Tim’s sister’s wedding and reception. My other sister-in-law-and-spirit went with us to visit Mom. Amy lives near-by and […]
The epic story of Abraham being told by God to kill and sacrifice his son Isaac seems to be figuring prominently in my book project on Temma and I. Being taught that the story is about God testing Abraham’s faith, the story from the margins is of God ordained sacrifice of a child; presenting my […]
I revised what will be going into my husband Tim’s book on his paintings of Temma. Here are the journal entries that will be a small part of the book. Piece for Tim’s Book Dream from my journal dated 8/14/1985…our baby is incredibly intelligent and becomes an object for study, is taken away. Have to […]
“How Good It Is To Center Down” is the title of a talk given by Howard Thurman, the great mystic and civil rights activist. Sr. Kathleen Flood played the audiotape of Howard Thurman’s talk on the first morning of the Five-Day Academy for Spiritual Formation held at the Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat Center in Barrington July […]
I’ve been reading through my past journals for my own book project and also for a piece of journal excerpts that my husband Tim has asked me to put together for a book project that he is working on. Following are some pieces from years ’85 to ’99. Temma was born 9.27.85. She stopped breathing […]
I am launching this blog one year into moving to a half-time pastoral appointment in order to commit myself to writing the other half time. I’m working on lots of different writing but most focused on a project with my daughter, Temma Day Lowly, whose photo you see as the header for my blog. Temma […]
Writing From the Margins 