We lived bold as the young and invincible do. Thinking nothing of driving home to Texas late at night, we snaked dark and lonely as the scant houses blurred past. Winding through the ebony [Read more...]
I hadn't done something so dumb since I was a teenager. Cars whizzed by me at seventy miles an hour.The wind force of the trucks rocked my stationary SUV like a Volkswagen in a cyclone. The [Read more...]
I perched tall on the cushioned pew, trying to focus, warbling a hymn of love. The cross projected heroic on the screen, pierced my heart while I gazed silent rapt. Then a phone Brrrrings [Read more...]
I talked to you in the mall last night. Nearing closing time, the line of anxious children had ended and you greeted me warm by your “North Pole” sign. So I stopped and had a chat with you. I don’t [Read more...]
You entered this beautiful, broken world as we all did, Red, Wrinkled Helpless. Did you wail unsure as your tiny body birthed into the cool air? Were you fussy and colicky in that hay filled [Read more...]
My friend emphatically proclaimed, “ You just ruined my day.” Her sharp intake of breath and wild eyes should have warned me. I absolutely didn’t mean to, I just made the statement, “It’s three [Read more...]
As I drape their garlands, and trim their trees with all sorts of baubles and sparkles and ribbons and shine, I turn my phone soft to soothing Jazz Christmas tunes and hum along. “It’s that time of [Read more...]
It reminded me of my first nervous day of seventh grade, a new school, seas of strangers congregated in pods, then swarmed with haste less the bell catch them late. Shy and unsure, I kept to myself, [Read more...]
The feelings wash the same. The thankfulness gushes from my very pores. The chagrin over the excess in my stateside life overwhelms. It’s only been a year since I walked the rutted roads of [Read more...]
Swigging hot beverages, the patrons gazed at laptops, typing like mad or just staring in a mesmerized trance. Some chatted in easy camaraderie with smiling friends. Others settled back on the [Read more...]