“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are My ways higher than your ways
and My thoughts than your thoughts.” — Isaiah 55:8–9

I hardly noticed growing up. Our neighborhood was largely Polish and I was just one of the kids . My mom’s side of the family—who lived closest to us—were English and Dutch . My childhood felt normal. I never felt different from the other kids, and they didn’t seem to notice anything unusual about me either. Sometimes my mom would take me to the Episcopal church . On the way home, we’d stop at a delicatessen —lox and bagels, pickled herring, matzoh ball soup. I mostly just thought my dad...

I stopped by Pike Nursery this week…a lot. It’s that time of year to “ play in the dirt again.” I picked up 16 Lucky TM Yellow Lantana —not just generic yellow lantana. When I got home, I realized we needed 20. So the next day, I went back for four more. Except… they didn’t have four more. But they did have white ones. At the nursery, they looked even better. Brighter. Cleaner. A nice contrast. But when we got them home… they looked horrible. So now we had 16 Lucky TM Yellow Lantana...