I know the “right” things to do at Christmas. We cut down our tree, post pictures on Facebook. The little village, set up. Stockings, hung perfectly… But I forget about that little oblong box. The one I pull out and put back each season. We get out our, “Happy Birthday, Jesus” sign, the one our kids […]
Power Over Your Thread – And the Girl Running with an Infant in the Rain
Rain lashes out sideways. I stroll up in my Rendezvous to the sidewalk near the bus station. My son’s attending University of Washington. I drop him here, to ride the rest of the way to Seattle. Out of the corner of my eye, I see her. A young girl, maybe eighteen or nineteen, t-shirt, sleeveless, shivering […]
What A True Hero Looks Like on 911
My husband sits at a military base in Washington. I talk to him on the phone. The military men and women stand, in full attire, guns in hand, bullet proof vests trying to defend our land. And have we forgotten the price of freedom? Have we forgotten many died so you and I could live in […]
Shattering Religious Duty
It’s Easter. I find myself driving out into the open. All alone. Four inch patent leathers pushing the gas petal, leading me far from home… Where I can grow small in light of His wide open spaces…. I had told them, “I don’t think I can do Easter this Sunday; eggs, large performances, wildly lavished stages….instead […]