Tag: honesty

  • What’s Really Real

    What’s Really Real

    “What is your name?”, I asked a patient in the Alzheimer’s unit where I visit once a month. “My name is *Ellen,” she replied. “But it will change.” Evidently, there are those who know they have dementia and those who do not. Ellen is in the first category, but seems to take it in stride.…

  • On Outsmarting a Smart Watch

    It’s easier to fool a gadget than God.

  • Weeds Are Flowers Too

    “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” A.A. Milne If the guys on my dorm hallway at seminary had been the twelve disciples, then *Sean Fitzpatrick would have been Peter. Too say that ‘Surly Sean,’ as he was known, was rough around the edges is putting it kindly. Brash, quick tempered and…