Author Archives: sharonbernhardt

I know so many people recently who have lost loved ones.  Colleagues are dealing with the frailty of their aging parents while some of my students have lost their grandparents.  Other friends are battling aggressive diseases.  I feel a sense of empathy for them but then I have also been thinking about how often weContinue reading “Renewed”

Is it just me or is entertainment and media becoming even more vulgar, violent and offensive?  My husband likes to watch action movies and I haven’t minded them much.  Watching movie together has been something we find enjoyable.  We were trying to pick one to watch a couple of weeks ago.  We’ve been trying aContinue reading “Is it just me!?!”

My boys have quirks.  I don’t understand their quirks.  I don’t know what made them have those strange little habits.  My second son doesn’t really like to be alone.  But, it is not every second of the day that he seems to be that way.  He doesn’t like to go downstairs by himself.  When weContinue reading “Quirks”

We’ve been sick for two weeks now.  I feel this urge, this desire, to have my energy back.  I feel like I have been isolated, away from the world.  I’ve gone to work and struggled through, but I haven’t felt myself.  I have been weak, tired, and have felt horrible.  It’s been a long twoContinue reading “Waiting to Return”

There are some days when I feel old and then there are some days when it is really hard for me to realize that I am a “middle-aged” mother.  We have some new technological devices in our house, and even though we have a few new ones, there are many more new cutting edge thingsContinue reading “Technology Surge”

I bet you did not know that I am a meteorologist.  Yes, I am a teacher by training and experience, but it seems that my head can predict the weather.  I get the nastiest headaches. I had the bare twinge of one while I was sleeping last night and then over the day, it has gottenContinue reading “Meterologist”

It is hard to care for an aging spouse with a debilitating disease. I am sure it is also difficult to care for aging parents. It is hard to make decisions for them as they begin to get old and can no longer care for themselves. I was thinking about how hard it is toContinue reading “Caring”

I find it so humbling and exciting to be used for God’s purposes.  I find it so interesting how He directs us to reach out and contact someone out of the blue—and then uses us in their lives.  I contacted someone yesterday, after a hard and difficult day at the funeral, and just asked howContinue reading “The Urging of the Spirit”

Today I went a funeral.  I did not know the deceased.  I went for my friend, who is in prison.  He used to go to church with us and was in youth group with my brother.  He is serving a twenty-five year sentence for armed robbery.  I don’t think I can really explain the in’sContinue reading “Weeping for the Living”