[The following is from a speaking assignment I fulfilled in my church congregation on Sunday, March 25, 2018. I was asked to speak for 10-12 minutes on the resurrection. I had very little time to prepare due to my forgetful brain, but the Lord made up the difference]. I should mention that when I was … Continue reading A Love that Cannot End

[Written while my husband drove our family home from Spring Break on Sunday, March 18, 2018] I told my friend the other day, "We are all slaves to sin. Our taskmasters just wear different faces." I have long wanted to blog about learning to just hold on. I refer to more than the feeling of … Continue reading Going There Someday

I usually feel inspired to write when I have a title in mind. Titles for my posts, at least so far, come from the lyrics of a song or the words of a poem. I don't have one yet for this post. I just have to write or I'm going to die. I have thirty … Continue reading Livin’ is Easy

[I hope I remember this story accurately because I honestly don't remember if I experienced this moment or if my twin sister did and then related it to me. We have that problem more often than you might think.] My grandmother--who has ten children--and one of her more than 75 grandchildren were talking about pregnancy … Continue reading What Has Become of Our Little Boy Blue?

It isn't the Gospel or the Tao of Pooh, a cult classic like Napoleon Dynamite, or a formal philosophy. I call it the Sunscreen Song. A set of truths to live by* that I can apply as easily as the tube of sunscreen I accidentally exploded onto a sunburning bridesmaid at a wedding I happened past … Continue reading Life is Still Worthwhile

My son has been studying our national symbols over the past few weeks. His drawing tonight reminded me of an experience that I want to share. Nearly a year ago, I saw a heartbreaking scene on the side of the road. I looked so long that I could have rear-ended the car in front of … Continue reading Don’t Pass Me By

A quiet fury steadily grows inside me The questions, the blame, the finality of failure I try to unravel roots steeped in decay, The proof that others have tried this before.   Then wrapping their stranglehold 'Round my last hope, The roots, histories still untold, Silence even the joy of new birth.   In circles … Continue reading Surrounded by the Sound

I may be older than dirt, as my kids like to remind me, but I am not too old to be called a snowflake, which USA Today describes as "a slang insult, often used in a derogatory way to suggest that people — often, but not always, young people — who take offense [at] anything from political … Continue reading Can You Stand the Heat?

[Written June 22, 2017] Dear Mom and Dad, Did I hear you say that we're going home today? What is home like? Will I miss the hospital? It has so many fascinating sounds. You said the baby next door sounds just like a peacock when she cries. Do we have peacocks at home? I didn't … Continue reading The Day that I Met You