3-2-1…I just push the button on our brand new washing-machine, spinning yet another load of dark towels filled with vomit and feces. The world is far from “normal”, here in Washington State. “Coronavirus” has stolen the limelight of information…from schools, to churches, national news, to businesses and corporations. A friend who works for corporate Starbucks was […]
The whole world is looking at Washington. My hometown, just twenty-minutes south from where I live, sparking the very first U.S. case of an epidemic now on everyone’s radar. As of six minutes ago, five deaths were reported in Washington State. Four minutes ago, the number rose to six. Grocery stores are cleared out of hand […]
It was a whisper of a prayer, the kind my daughter didn’t even hear, as I packed babies on hips and trudged my way, grudgingly into the grocery story again, on Monday. It’s the same store I met the ninety-one year-old who taught me about marriage, saw a scarred woman, a blind man and first met my homeless […]
I see you. There, on the other side of the world. Your hands tremble. Your heart aches for all you hold. “Do others see us?” You must ask. “Are they blind? Are we irrelevant?” You sit in a secret prison, aching for the freedom to just send a message and not be blocked. You hold a […]
The clock on my laptop says exactly 3:45 a.m. My body aches as I put my two-year-old back in her bed. It’s been a long three days of flu in our house. The call to parenting lately includes wiping noses, holding and consoling children, being a source of strength, all the while knowing you too might […]
I walk out of my room this morning to find hearts all over our door. Our seven-year-old hand penned on them, “I love you”. She must have remembered the year I smothered love notes everywhere, reminding her just how special she is to us. The windows sparkle with red, laced hearts. Presents specifically chosen, especially for […]