I wake up in the morning. Everything in me says, Don’t do it. Don’t get out of bed. Lift the covers over your head, roll over, …
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Recovery of the Ring
I was swimming in Priest Lake, Idaho, several years ago when my wedding ring slipped off my finger and disappeared under water and into the …
Read More »Beloved Voices
It was Sunday. It was raining. I had two jars of homemade spaghetti sauce left from last summer’s bounty. A perfect day as any to …
Read More »Breakfast with Gratitude
At university, my housemates and I would spend time together in the kitchen at the weekend, constructing the most elaborate breakfasts. As a house of …
Read More »Fear and Hope
“There seems to be a growing fear and confusion in my church about the decline of Christianity in America. I’ve read the statistics. I continue to …
Read More »My Successful Life
At 55 I found myself alone, my life seemingly without purpose. As a single mom for many years, just keeping myself and my four sons …
Read More »A Lesson from Suicide
In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the …
Read More »A Summer’s Walk
A late summer walk can be lovely especially if there’s a light breeze, puffy white clouds and – low humidity. That’s how it was that …
Read More »Choose Love
One bitterly cold February day driving from Wisconsin to Georgia, feeling dispirited by all the dissension and even downright vitriol in the country, I pulled …
Read More »Art Saves
Art as a concept saves lives and everyone should make room for it in theirs. A short declaration but it is a true one, and …
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