It’s been happening lately. I have been scanning Facebook or Instagram early in the morning. While the house sits like an anchor against the wind outside, and I tuck tight my legs, place my neck carefully against the warm blankets that have kept me safe all night… There, I scroll social media. Yet, there were days […]
“Get your hands off the exhibit.” She snaps at my daughter. We hadn’t even been there two minutes. A holiday. Thinking, they’d be empty. Little did we know, a whole bunch of well-dressed, grey haired people had found this small, local art exhibit. The perfect place to go on a dreary Monday…or so I thought. And I’ll […]
It popped up as one of those sponsored posts from a well-known writer. We had like “friends”, and she had a big following… And I had forgotten… Each of us are broken, just in different measures. She had wrestled with suffering too, like most do. But then, I read the conclusion of this ex-missionary,”God doesn’t want […]
Built in the 1950’s, it only had eight lanes, wood wrapped floors and a slow, mechanical, bowling ball rotation, that took you back in time. Four of us played. We carefully propped up our ball, eyed where the bowling pins were, and took our shot. The technique and execution were correct, but each and every ball […]
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 […]
I’m not going to lie. I have been obsessed with the story about the Samaritan woman. You know…the one about the woman at the well? ​ I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I can relate to her; thirsty, alone, having a past that’s more tainted than holy. I mean, this lady, she just seems smart, yet […]