Once More Across Home Plate

It’s All In the Letting Go

March 30, 2012 By beth g sanders 4 Comments

A very long time ago, when I had a tiny baby, someone told me that successful parenting is a series of letting go moments. I didn’t believe it then. But now that I’ve lived it, I know it’s true. I remember holding her, rocking her, inhaling the baby smells, feeling her little head nestling on [...]

Surgery Week Two: Unremarkable. But Also Remarkable

August 31, 2011 By beth g sanders Leave a Comment

Unremarkable. It means ordinary, lacking distinction. Not something we generally consider a compliment. But medical terms are strange. A test result that is negative is usually a good thing; positive means you have whatever awful thing they are testing you for. So unremarkable is a medical compliment. As in, the biopsy done during my surgery [...]

Difference or Disrespect?

March 30, 2010 By beth g sanders 2 Comments

I hate politics. It’s not that I don’t care. I care deeply and I believe honest, moral people can disagree about issues. What I hate about politics is that neither side can manage to disagree without character assassination. And, if I’m candid, the people who have disappointed me most in this are Christians. Christians on [...]

If We Have Not Love …

January 13, 2010 By beth g sanders 1 Comment

I don’t usually write posts like this, and I’ll probably make some people mad, but … here goes. These words of love and compassion from Shane Claiborne still ring in my ears as I grieve over the tragedy in Haiti. “God intends for the church to be the hands and feet of Jesus in today’s [...]

Once More Across Home Plate

December 8, 2009 By beth g sanders Leave a Comment

I turned 51 a couple of weeks ago. I like birthdays. And no cancer survivor in their right mind complains about getting another year older. It’s kind of like a lopsided baseball game — even though the winning team is far ahead, they still try to cross home plate one more time. You can certainly [...]