Wounded Warriors

Dear Aunt Bossy,

I have some dear friends who are smart and good looking and seem to have it all going for them. However, they view anyone who doesn’t see life EXACTLY the way they do as mean-spirited, stupid, uncaring, and possibly evil. They seek out perceived injustice almost as a hobby.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough. – Meister Eckhardt

As Sandy passed by the coast of South Carolina, crashing into the northern seaboard and clearing the way for her wintry, nor’easter sister Athena, I was awestruck by the damage the storms left in their wake, and yet grateful that our Lowcountry was spared once more. However, I am not proud of this kind of gratitude. All too often, my gratefulness is of the garden variety, “there but for the grace of God go I” type, and I wonder if that is really any form of gratitude at all.

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Madeleine Pollitzer lived life with vitatlity.

My daughters, Abbie and Julia, and their cousin, Madeleine, sleep right now after a long day yesterday saying goodbye to their beloved great-grandmother, Madeleine Paula vonBernuth Pollitzer. I’m certain Madeleine is looking at them from Heaven, smiling contagiously as she always did, and saying, “I am so blessed to know my great-grands!”