Month: September 2008
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Waiting on God
The rain from tropical storm Ike left two feet of backed-up sewer water in my son’s basement. His black Sunday e-mail read, “Our basement flooded yesterday. Since our insurance excluded flood/sewer backup in the coverage, we will be on our own for the cleanup and replacement of anything that was damaged (washer, dryer, furnace, hot…
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Hurricane Ike touches us
At 2 a.m. Sunday morning, I hunched up in front of the big screen television in the hotel lobby watching the projected trail of Hurricane Ike. Good ole’ Ike, it promised to drench nearly every member of our family. I enjoyed the quiet of the hotel lobby in Longview, Texas where we had held a…
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Aunt Marion’s legacy
Aunt Marion Springer’s interest in genealogical research extended far beyond her personal family history. As a senior clerk for Steuben County in Bath, N.Y. and member of the County Historical Society, her reputation spread across state lines. At 78, she retired one day and returned the next day to the same office to volunteer full-time…
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Welcoming Lindsay
Although some would say, “a just turned 14-year-old is an obvious candidate for an abortion,” the teenager wanted a baby. She did everything she could to stay pregnant – including following doctor’s orders to lie flat on her back in bed the last four months before the infant’s birth. But once she had a squalling…