Memoirs in Progress

Walk Alone with Me

God told me to take a walk . . . a really long one!

• I had a happy successful life, so what made me want to cry?

• I worked hard nonstop . . . was I a control freak?

• Would I feel lonely while alone for a whole month?

Rather than a mid-life crisis in 2013, I experienced a mid-life renewal as I walked 500 miles across northern Spain. Alone with God. The medieval pilgrimage Camino de Santiago de Compostela escaped me from my professional hustle bustle life into ancient slow traditions.

A bucket list adventure forced me to release my own decisions and control to God. I saw signs and miracles in snow, rain, spring wildflowers and even new friends. My comfort zone stretched far while my heart’s tears refreshed my hidden dream of romantic love.

The Heart of Socrates

“Lost and Found”

In 2001, I found WWI soldier Socrates’ letters to my grandmother, revealing her first love she lost. His war words strengthened me that year while my love ended with a divorce.

• Don’t marriage vows remain forever?

• Should Christians ever divorce?

• Does God bring someone special to you?

Losing romantic love actually can encourage and grow our faith in God’s love, especially with his choice and timing, not our own.

Kaye Syrah Syrah

Attempting to traverse a canyon, I knocked my head against a rock as I fell to the dry creek bed. My Traumatic Brain Injury strongly affected me, my boyfriend (now my hubby), my two adult daughters and my brother. Yet when hard things happen . . . miracles happen!

We were close. Now we are closer. Each of my caregivers and I will share our individual perspectives of our intense adjustments. We encourage you that no matter how difficult events happen, God shares his love and emotional strength. Your personal hard times can feel as difficult as ours did.