My childhood home. Wisdom takes a seat with littlest one. Anticipating with wide eyes the stack before her. Natures delight waiting to do more than hang on limbs. Exploding with color to the taste buds they cry. And the two sit at ancestors table. The one I hid peas under when I was so little….rebellious. Yet, […]
A chance to seize the day. We strap on boots. Take off on, Trail of Life. Not the easy road.Away from city. Noise. …Suffocating places that drown the voice of God. Head to wide open….. Where He speaks through all creation. Even the trees beckon…. As they reach with limbs of yearning. Calling through […]
What if you could speak. Well worn ones? What if you could tell me of the miles that you have tread? The weight of holding Love Eternal…down paved roads…heavy loads. Working dawn endlessly. The places you have been. The stories of people…..How Dear One always takes the time to stop for people. Talk to people. Pray […]
Popcorn spills all over the floor. Not waking up to a clean house…or a quiet, calm house. But, this morning. Popcorn. And young feet pattering…..looking…..searching through treats left out by teenagers the night before. And I implore…. “Pick up the popcorn…. When we make messes, our job is to clean them up.” And little hands innocently […]
There it was. On a table. Party platter. People gathered. Luring. Tempting me. Questioning the authenticity of recent allergies. Peanuts. Soy. Now seafood. Healthy all my life. Never broke a bone. Hardly had a cold. Bodies. Only human. Can endure only so much. And although I am set free….I know….consequences of life styles always catch up. […]
Rumors fly by like nasty bugs unswattable on a hot summers eve. And the naysayers keep forcing their self-promoting ways, like bullfrogs croaking loudly before sleep. And people are fleeing. Walking away from homes. And families. And hope. ….Everything they have worked for, for years.And it rises in many around….. Dreaded fear. Like Chinese Torture….it comes […]