I wind around her in the grocery store. Â You know. Â Back and forth, back and forth…that pattern we make as we go through the same old grocery store. Â Up and down the isles. She turns down each isle, the same as I do…except she is going in the opposite direction. Â Her face thin. Â Her stature […]
It had been a long day. I wind down the country road, past pastures, and down the long stretch where most of my neighbors speed. It is these streets, it’s easy to detach. Knowing home is at the top of this large crest..not far in front of us. Usually, this is the road I worship on…wildly. […]
My daughter is African American. I am white. Although I grew up surrounded by diversity, we now live in horse country, surrounded by mostly Caucasian people. I know my Bible… Romans 10:12 “There is no difference between Jew and Greek, the same Lord over all, will answer all those that call upon His name.” […]
Opening door to the front porch. I see it. Sitting there. Dry, brittle, shriveled up as a result of the circle in the sky, beating down on it. Those baskets I love. The ones I invested in at the beginning of summer. Now abandoned half way through. I run to fill up the little red […]
I am just busting at the seems right now! Feeling overwhelmed by the goodness and GRACE that has made it’s way to me…so undeserving. I have to tell you…I am in love. So in love. I fell in love even before we ever met. No…not internet dating. Not through Facebook, e-mail, or some other form of […]
I curl closer. Locking my arms around his middle. Tucking my chin down around the bend in his neck. Finding warmth from this freezing. Neighbors laughing. Stories of bears. Shivers camping around my extremities… Keeping me awake. Marshmallows still lay on the picnic table from the evening before. The coals now separated. Alone. Cold. Much like […]