Hope is what Holds Us
The air was cold and still as I wrapped myself in the quilt and went out to watch the sunrise, this morning marking the 7th year. It looked promising, unlike so many of the days leading up where the grayness of each day seemed to compound itself into the next. Today the hints of color were visible… Continue reading Dawning
We didn’t grow up together as in having a well-worn path to each other’s house by way of banana seat bikes or metal-wheeled roller skates. We didn’t call each other on school days to see how we should do our hair or figure out what the other was wearing. We didn’t sit and make daisy… Continue reading She Holds My Heart
A friend of mine said he learned recently in a workshop that people just don’t read anymore. First off, we skim, and then the key thing is that if the text takes up more space than what’s available on the screen, ie, you have to scroll, we don’t. We’ll set it aside, click the next… Continue reading JC313
19 Dec – Journal entry I just don’t know how to navigate all of this. I’ve done so much more ‘Christmas’ this year than in the past/since. We’ve opened all the boxes, after all. We decorated a big tree and hung all the ornaments. We put the nativity out and cleared the flat places and… Continue reading The Bird
Just a few days ago, I bundled up to walk the pup and seemed to step off the porch into 2013. It was the stillness that struck me so similar I think. That and the frosty landscape, not often seen looking like it did that day. Hoarfrost, they call it, and the first time… Continue reading I love you Jake
I have a friend whose superpower is teaching, and it’s been fun to spend time in her classroom over the last couple of years. With all there is to teach, standards to meet, and testing to prepare for, she and another 5th grade teacher make it a point each week to also teach their kids some… Continue reading A Hope Filled High
Birthdays were always kind of a big deal at our house. When the boys were growing up, more often than not we were in a new place, and so they were great opportunities to invite new neighbors and classmates, meet parents and make new friends. And besides, birthdays were just fun! I loved the boys’… Continue reading “If you can dream it, you can do it.”
It’s Father’s Day, and it's a day I haven’t reflected on for a really long time. Really reflected, I mean. Deeper than the childhood memories that surface of those fun and silly gifts we'd give, year after year. Things dad must just love, right? Like soap on a rope! Or how about those ‘magic’ mugs… Continue reading Father’s Day Reflections
Dear friends, Today I have the privilege of sharing a story about my dear friend Lucille. You can read part of it below, and the rest on (in)courage, a daily devotional that's been a huge source of strength to me over the last few years. Though Lucille no longer physically holds my hand in hers,… Continue reading His Truest Truths
Sharing my husband's thoughtful, poignant words here today. Take time to remember… “I, _____ , having been appointed [an officer] in the [Armed Forces], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to… Continue reading Take time to remember…
