Learning Not to Forgive My Younger Self

I would go back and do things differently. If I could advise my younger self, I would tell her to avoid some things or choose a different path. My younger self didn’t know any better.  We should be gracious with our younger selves and forgive them their bad or impetuous decisions. I’m working on forgiving…

For Rosemary

These are the notes for the sermon I preached today at the funeral of a most beloved friend. May we all aspire to embrace a mere fraction of the gusto for living that she had…and not be afraid of making the mistakes that are absolutely inevitable. Rosemary Dodd’s favorite story to tell about our family…