Sitting one car away, waiting patently, for caffeine. Drive-through stops, like a river halted by the town-car in front of me.And I have been learning….Anything not moving, not growing, living, breathing….will eventually die. Breathe starts slowing. Counting. 1….2….3….4….5 minutes pass. The car before me keeps chatting with the Starbucks worker. Maybe there is a problem? Maybe something serious […]
Welcome to UNITE! I am so glad you are here! For all of those new HERE, I have been writing a book and have been on a short sabbatical. However, UNITE is still open, continuing to be a place to gather, connect, and meet new people each and every Tuesday. The rough draft of my book […]
My husband once told me. Twenty years ago. “I believe in miracles. But, I also believe that God looks for people to meet Him half way.” At the time, I was young and way too full of myself. Delighted with the fact….that God could do anything. Believing all we needed to do was pray…. And whatever […]
As the poverty rate increases, the political climate tensions, and households everywhere seem whirling in uncertainty, increasingly hard times can leave people paralyzed along seas of desperation. Hearing the world’s birth pains, feeling the contractions of those struggling can overwhelm with guilt-induced deafness when faced with the reality, “We just can save them all.” As a […]
One minute. Crowds cheering. Daughter rides peering. Sitting on a convertible. Waving to the crowds. Homecoming. Princess. A little more than twelve hours later. 8: 50 a.m. in the morning. Driving to Jazz Choir. To sing the National Anthem. Turns out onto a busy street. Gets swiped by a large truck. Spins wildly. Out of control. […]
It lingers. Song of healing. Past the laundry room. Down the hall. From her room. The broken one. Mending. And she is not who she used to be. Any longer. Quiet. Scared. Fearful. Hiding behind a smile draped across her hurting. Today. Our eyes can meet. And I can see her soul. Barely. More at some […]