Broken. I could feel the wind deflating in me, like a falling helium balloon, slowly drifting to the ground. Sleepless nights, teething, throwing a surprise party, a conference weekend. The days spun on. And the body is only so strong under the weight of our own carnality. Crackling, crumbling, I smiled on the outside, but inside […]
It was summer, much like the ones we have recently been experiencing. My parents century-old-house was in the eighties, come evening…the one I lived in as long as I can remember. The high, exposed, cross-beamed ceilings drew the night air rising, making the second floor I slept on like an inferno, come bed time. We had […]
They said it was the world’s oldest alligator. Up the stairs, peering over into the secret hole where this ancient reptile lay. They said I could see him for just 50 cents. As a little girl, with my dad right beside me, at the county fair, rides spun, hearing laughter and screams enticing me to come […]
She regresses. This child in our home who has become the battleground of her parents. She throws her coat, bites, and hits the ones this two-year-old has chosen to give her full trust to… As if cutting skin, and projecting pain can somehow alleviate the hurt within. He sits in our church meeting. A stranger, riding […]
She sits unassuming. Drawn to her…not knowing why. Next to her resides, the man with transparent eyes. And I need to know them, need to hear their story. Seemingly just an ordinary, average, every-day after dinner get-together, with some of our closest friends. But soon I’d find, this meeting was nothing but ordinary. This couple, tugging […]
I hide around the corner, by the back door. Safely surrounded by walls, where the laundry lays high, unfolded, thoughtlessly tossed… And it is here in this shelter I can breathe, pray, wait, pour my heart out to God best. I find a once tie-dyed splattered towel and think, “Why haven’t I thrown this away yet?” […]