Today I made a pie. A most delicious pie, laden with the freshest fruits of the season, piled high in a flaky crust, and jelled into place with a delectable glaze. This is my favorite pie. I’ve eaten it every summer for a long time. My mom made it for dessert when I was a […]
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I am walking. I am looking. I am looking for your light, God, in a world where darkness seeps through. My heart is heavy, like lead in my chest. My thoughts, they weep. They weep from my eyes as my mind makes no sense of this tragic pain… I typed these words into my iPhone
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The automatic doors hummed open, and our eyes smiled with connection – a young boy, of about 5 years, and myself. His mom, nearby, leaned on their cart, fishing for keys and handling life’s latest on her cell phone. Waiting beside her, I know he saw me coming. He saw me with my cart full of
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For about an hour each day, my old dog determines the pace for my life. She takes me along for “her” walk, and makes me slow down whether I like it or not. You see, at 14 years, my dog, Dandy, is almost completely blind and deaf. She moves slowly, even dragging her feet at
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They’re prayers. Post-it note prayers – folded brightly colored squares, inscribed with a date, and tucked away in a simple wooden box. They tell a story, those prayers, of the pain and the struggle inflicted upon someone I fiercely love – my daughter. Only God remembers the exact words my broken spirit scribbled on her