by Ingrid Lochamire | Apr 13, 2019 | Faith, Good Books, Slice of Life
I sat at a corner table in my local coffee shop on a beautiful spring morning recently, waiting for my friend to arrive. That’s when the parade began. Eight gray-haired ladies, dressed in varying shades of pastel polyester, scooted past my table, one at a time,...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 29, 2019 | Faith, Good Books
“It rains on all of us. Some of us just carry an umbrella.” My chin dropped at the soft-spoken wisdom of my friend Genie. This woman is walking through a cancer diagnosis, she recently lost her husband and then she lost her job. But my friend is quick to...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 10, 2019 | Faith, Good Books, Slice of Life
Lent has long been my favorite season in the church calendar, partly because it comes near the end of winter and the beginning of spring, but mostly because Lent sets us on the path toward Easter. For me, Advent and Christmas are but a prelude to the big pay-off —...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Oct 25, 2018 | Good Books, Slice of Life, Story, Writing
Six years ago, I sat down with my Dad and asked him to tell me some of his stories. I’d heard a lot of them, but once he got going, Dad surprised both of us with all the things he remembered about growing up in a small town during The Great Depression and all...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Oct 18, 2018 | Faith, Good Books
At my age, you’d think I have all the answers. Sometimes I pretend I do (and my husband would say I THINK I do), but the older I get I find I have more questions than answers. I’ve been searching for answers to some big questions lately. Questions like how...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Oct 15, 2018 | Faith, Good Books, Slice of Life, Writing
Time flies when you’re having fun, right? It also flies when the ups and downs of life take you by the hand and drag you along. We’re two weeks into October, 15 days into my commitment to write a short blog post every day and I’m falling woefully...
