Posted July 16, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Lifeguard

By Debra Basham

Sacred Stories

He was walking on the local pier with some friends.

St. Joseph North Pier Lights in St. Joseph Michigan 707855

Several guys, slightly older than he and his friends, jumped off the pier into the water. One started going down! Others were calling out that they could not swim.

His […]

July 16th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted February 6, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Salmon Patties

By Debra Basham

Sacred Stories

It was their common concern about the mother they had shared for over fifty years that brought them together for salmon patties late that Saturday evening in October.

“What are you doing?” he asked when his sister-in-law answered his mom’s phone.

“Just starting some dinner. What about you?” she asked.

“Same here. What […]

February 6th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted November 7, 2015 in Sacred Stories

There with You!

By Debra Basham

She was not a stranger to illness or death, but this was different—it was family. She was sitting at the bedside of her mother-in-law, who had been at home with hospice care for the past five months. Something had changed drastically in those wee hours of the morning.

She called hospice, and the nurse arrived […]

November 7th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted October 17, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Happy Anniversary!

By Debra Basham

A Facebook post:

Weird how anniversaries can bring up so many emotions that we don’t even realize we have stored away.

Today would’ve been my 24th wedding anniversary, and in true form, a picture of my first husband fell out of an old journal.

He would be proud of our girls. […]

October 17th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted June 27, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Good Place for Dinner?

By Debra Basham

On a service call, the customer, new to the area, asked him where he would go for a nice dinner out. He gave her the name of one of his favorite restaurants. “Oh, I thought that was only a winery,” she replied.

“Gosh, no, it is a restaurant, too, and you will love it,” […]

June 27th, 2015 | Tags: , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed