This week, I have been alone a lot once the kids have gone to bed.I have realized that being alone is easy. There is no conflict. Alone is …
Hiding Place
Locked away, deep within,My thoughts and feelings hide.Once again I've written them,I am awaiting now the tide.They will wash away out to the sea,To …
waiting room
A few weeks ago I saw this sweet elderly couple out for a walk in our neighborhood. She had a cane. He was holding her hand. My …
return to me
Baby Lady stands, waiting for the call. I put my hands out and say, "Come here, Finley!" And she runs. She runs, laughing, gleeful and …
Farewell Boys of Summer
It is 9:30 at night and Boy 1 and I are on the sofa, watching the first World Series game. Mr. Fantastic is on campus at the college Bible study …
the value of words
Books are so valuable. The ideas, thoughts, and dreams of whole generations are inside the covers. To read is to learn, to learn is to grow. …
Second Wind
I grew up running. When I was eight years old my mom and dad signed me up for a track team and I ran competitively for the next thirteen years. …
song of joy
I was feeling emptied and dragging by the end of the day. Books, papers, dirt, laundry, dishes and legos seem to be everywhere. Bedtime was tedious, …
Whitney Houston Has a Point
Twenty seven sets of little eyes stared in wonder at me. I was confessing. I was testifying. I was telling them a deliciously wicked story about a …
the rights of friendship
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you …
the man in the moon
There has been a lot of talk around our house lately about seeing God. Not so much the children, but Morgan and I seem to come back to that …
Invisible Greatness
After weeks and weeks of trudging through the heat, tonight I walked in the wind. The change of weather thrilled me, and I pulled my headphones …