It has been more than three weeks since we returned from our trip, and I finally have time to breathe. My long-time employee told us that she quit on her way out of her door after her last day of work before the trip. Needless...
Greetings from a rather cold and snowy Colorado Springs. Kelly and I want to share with you an opportunity we have to be a part of the disability ministry community by attending the DISABILITY AND THE CHURCH (DATC) conference May 1-4, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. I (Tait)...
Happy New Year from Tait and Kelly and greetings from wintery Colorado. 2023 was a quiet year for us. No hospital stays or sickness. Kelly traveled to Atlanta for an Aunt’s funeral in June, otherwise we pretty much stuck around the Springs. We did go down...
I wrote the first part of this newsletter sitting in the dark. Does anyone want to help me write The Night the Lights went out on Royer Street? I was getting ready to write when BANG! Lightning must have taken out a transformer. I put on...
This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper...
Kelly and I had the honor to be the subject of this panting by our friend, Kristopher Orr. I have had it as my iPad’s wallpaper for a few years now. At first, I had it up because, well, who wouldn’t want to look at...
Happy spring! (Whatever that means in Colorado.) Life is busy, but God is good. I’m in the middle of another semester and just had my once-in-a-semester breakdown asking if it’s worth it and if I’m good enough. It wasn’t a bad episode…keeps me grounded. Maybe my...
Merry Christmas friends, Well, it's time for the annual tradition of writing the Christmas /end-of-the-year ministry update letter. I, Tait, looked up the last update that I sent out in June and noted that my highlights came early in the year. No wonder I haven't written!...
Tyra and Wyatt were inseparable. Both had severe disabilities, but their friendship ran deep. One of their regular activities was for Tyra to build something on Wyatt's wheelchair tray and he would knock it down. She would point her finger at him and tell him...
July 7, 2022 —- How am I supposed to feel today? No more jokes, or teaching, or hugs, or emails, or… But she left us two years ago. Dementia is a terrible thing. I was glad I saw her for the last time at Glenn Erie…a...