4:30 a.m. I randomly run across a pastor describing his old porn addiction. “I asked God to let me reach the nations”, He describes. “But my addiction remained.” He went on…“It wasn’t until my prayer changed, freedom came. It changed to, ‘God let me know you more.’” He explains, we must get to that place of […]
It literally felt like days, sitting in that white sterile room, in the center of our city’s best hospital. A long, heavy curtain separated me from where they took my baby, like the cloak of fear that drapped my heart. “Would she return?” “Could she have an allergic reaction to the anticetic?” “Is there a chance […]
Silence. It’s all we heard. During lunch, at the museum, throughout our entire day in Seattle. It was like the Twilight Zone episode I saw as a kid, where a man went into a realm where he was invisible, people worked, did what they needed…but never communicated. The man screamed and shouted, trying to get everyone’s attention…but […]
America’s Most Wanted. I never imagined. You were older, unrecognizable, on the mugshot stating, “Convicted felon”. And who says sin and pain, loss and anger don’t change the composite of one’s face? If it weren’t for your hazel eyes, light skin, your spirit begging behind those wrinkles…I would have never recognized you. In fact, I had […]
Let’s face it, New Year’s Resolutions can become bipolar. January 1st we start with dreams of grandiose proportions; lose 100 pounds, sail the Pacific Ocean, run a 26 mile marathon. Then, a few months, weeks, or maybe even days later, we crash; sink into the hollowest pit of despair, wondering why we failed, beat ourselves up, […]
I saw you today. Far from your home. Your afro-blonde curls, like a magnet to my soul. But you were taller, quieter, stronger than before. I almost didn’t recognize you. I saw your little brother first. Mohawk, running A.D.D. as usual, until some blonde lady called him near. I didn’t recognize him either, so I ventured […]