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...]
She the oldest rises early, Sometimes 4:30am. No surviving mother, so the oldest girl becomes that figure to her siblings. She must make sure there is water, light the oven in the yard, gather [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...]
Everyone is talking about it. Some are thoughtful and serious, Some are scornful and disdaining, Some look to the future with excitement and anticipation of their success. While [Read more...]
In the blink of an eye—his world changed forever. An ordinary day of work navigating ordinary traffic. What happens in your head when you walk away from a car crash with only a few scratches—from [Read more...]
Winding, narrow, and cobblestoned, one street looked like the next. Charming with overflowing flower boxes and brightly colored facades of red, purples, yellows and blues, it was a maze of charm and [Read more...]