The Day They Turn 18

I cried myself to sleep last night. She turned eighteen. All my attempt to bottle up that infant staring the world straight in the face….futile. I thought I could stop time. I thought I was God. Confining that two foot, little girl in a flowing dress,and sparkly shoes in the crevasses of my mind.  But that […]

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How To Let Your Kids Go……

The waves of redemption from his nine months gone…hadn’t even hit me yet. The shock.  That his face. Was in more than my thoughts. But a bed.  Tucked tight with the retribution.  That I am whole again. Son.  Finally home. Serving. Philippines. And helping.  Earthquake.  Landslides.  Victims. People flooded with a desperate pleading… Son answering.  The […]

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