“Car!, Car!, Car!” echoes followed by uproarious laughter. “What are you doing?” I asked. “Oh, we are playing auto attack.” I glance in my rear-view mirror for only a moment and catch a glimpse of the smiling faces searching the …
After my father’s death several years ago, I grieved not just from the loss of him personally but from the closing of a door on my longing for him to be the Dad I thought he could. It wasn’t …
The day I gave birth to my first child was the day I began to realize all my mother had sacrificed for me. I remember within the first year calling Mom just to say, “Thank you.” In my twenty seven …
I watch the days events play like a redundant movie in my mind as I collapse into bed. Fatigue that can not be slept off lingers for the next few days. I want to retreat to solitude but I am …
I rush out my front door, grabbing my things as I go. I am trying to be sure I don’t forget anything. I am always in a hurry and today is no exception. I sprint off the front porch, down …
I don’t think anyone likes to be sad, I know I don’t. But sometimes we kinda get stuck there. I am wondering if we are sabotaging our own happiness. Does it really happen by chance or by choice? God’s Word …
In the early morning air, when the dew is still fresh from the fog, I sense the silence of the Earth. Each tree is a dark silhouette among a misty haze. In the spring and summer I would be able …
“All my hopes of what might have been are thrust into oblivion as I can feel a sickness rising up from within me. I tried not to love him, this child of mine. But, I do. Before he was born …
Planting season is upon us and I am reminded of a humorous situation that occurred last year about this time. My husband purchased a hanging cherry tomato plant. It was covered with a multitude of small green fruit when he …