Explosions sounded, fireworks blasted, hearts were gladened, no one expecting what the coming year might bring. As usual, pens jotted lists of resolutions, hearts imagined restored finances or relations, and minds conjured a year that would be better than the one we left. Yet, as the clock ticked, as the ball dropped, as the world turned […]
Imagine how you have felt these past few weeks. Or maybe you are reading this post-tense, in the shadows of a virus that ravished the earth. Life was shut down as we know it. Our resistence to fight a battle bigger than ourselves left us helpless, vulnerable, and feeling out of control. Now imagine, children who […]
Mouths don’t say it. Media dances around it. Minds tend to dwell on it. But nobody is murmering it. “Has God left us?” Is this epidemic that’s paralizing the world, a plague from God, announcing to the world, “He stopped loving us”. Or maybe, “He just doesn’t like us?” “He has moved away. He has found […]
I ask my dark-haired, Latin husband, as he stirs scrambled eggs for three of our adopted daughters, “Do you know what ‘Corona’ means?” “Crown”, he answers without stopping a second. “Are you sure? How do you know?” My skepticism rises. “The word is Spanish.” I stop, freeze in the kitchen, convinced my Spanish-speaking husband knew what […]
My blood is boiling. I try to breathe deep, see clearly, slow my heart rhythm in order to evaluate this situation fully. Growing up in a home where there was literal singing, almost always, talk of joy and goodness, patience and saint-like acceptance of others… My initial thoughts are to tame this perpetual anger inside me. […]
He held a paper in his hands that gave him authorization to be on the roads. I didn’t understand until my husband explains, “Complete lockdown is likely coming to Washington soon, just like what’s happened in other states.” My mind spins and tries to peg down this reality. After all, I’m just a girl who played […]