They cringe and duck when they see me coming. Cue ominous tones… “Oh no, it’s her again.” One asserts bold, “It can’t be time again, we just did this.” And if they spy me before I zero in on [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...]
A small crowd huddled as cameras snapped. Smiles and laughs tinkled like chimes in the breeze. Curious, I halted my blissful meandering and moved near. Could it be what I think it is? [Read more...]
A steady flow of strangers swept in and out, like a harried trail of ants. We were drowning in the throes of demolition. Our much anticipated anniversary trip to the Dominican Republic speedily [Read more...]
Thankful, Thankful, Thankful I say it over again and again in my head, trying to focus on those words, those blessings. Yet the longer I live, the more pain I see in a fallen world and [Read more...]
The terror was real. My heart raced as I lay frozen in a semi-aware state of consciousness. Unable to stop them, the night terrors of my West Texas childhood were infrequent, but seared into my [Read more...]
All morning I had it. That unsettled feeling. The one that is a cross between anxiety and worry. I couldn’t put my finger on it. It was just there, hovering and squeezing. I threw myself [Read more...]
That sound The one that soothes my soul The one that makes me want to sit for hours And cast my eyes upon his beauty. The soft whisper of the brook beside me, washing, flowing, [Read more...]
The view is spectacular, thirty-thousand feet above home. The sun creates the illusion of pristine snowfields Abruptly ending in a dark abyss below. As we fly over the darkness, [Read more...]
When I saw the barrel, I had to look closer to make sure I read it right. At first I thought it was a joke. Then I noticed an area where the words were worn away, as if the chains had actually [Read more...]