My Mother Valued Me and She Taught me to Value Human Life. People Who Grew Up in the Great Depression Learned and Understood What Really Matters. What Happened to the Value of Human Life? And How Can Supposedly Christian Leaders Talk About People Dying for the Economy When Jesus Christ Died to Save EVERY Person and Turned Over Greedy Money-Changers’ Tables in the Temples?

My Mother Marian Perz grew up during the Great Depression which began in 1929 when the stock market crashed.  I remember her telling me how she saw people standing by … Continue reading My Mother Valued Me and She Taught me to Value Human Life. People Who Grew Up in the Great Depression Learned and Understood What Really Matters. What Happened to the Value of Human Life? And How Can Supposedly Christian Leaders Talk About People Dying for the Economy When Jesus Christ Died to Save EVERY Person and Turned Over Greedy Money-Changers’ Tables in the Temples?

Our Loved Ones–Should They Spend Their Years in Nursing Homes? Are Nursing Homes Safe? During COVID-19?

Many nursing homes are legal sweatshops for staff and patients even in the best of times.  In COVID-19 it’s even worse.  I apologize that this is copied and pasted from … Continue reading Our Loved Ones–Should They Spend Their Years in Nursing Homes? Are Nursing Homes Safe? During COVID-19?

Moving Reflections In a Time of Crisis–Seeing in 2020

In 2008, two days after my 84-year-old mother’s stroke, I was by her bedside in the hospital while she was asleep and unwakable.  I had been mostly awake for most … Continue reading Moving Reflections In a Time of Crisis–Seeing in 2020