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In the different interviews I’ve given, the interviewee has asked the question, “What caused you to explore the need to forgive your dad?” I briefly share that the catalyst was our oldest son. When he rebelled against everything we’d taught him, the worst in me came out. It is hard to say if I ever…

None of us are exempt from encountering trials and tribulations in this world. We are not living in paradise, utopia or seventh heaven. Though personal contentment is plausible, it gets interrupted when the unexpected occurs.      The Greatest Disruption Though my life as a kid was not perfect the imperfections were tolerable because my…

Whenever I walk through cemeteries, I always note the person’s birth date as well as their date of death. I like to know how long a person lived. Then, I wonder, especially about the short lived lives, how exactly they died.  For me, a person’s death is very much a part of their life’s story. …

I was born to Paul and Darlene Macek. I was their sixth child as well as their fourth born daughter. As I grew up in the family, I began noticing and relishing that there were certain privileges that accompanied the status as being my father’s daughter.  Benefits The first job I remember Dad as having…