Category: The Library
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The Touch of Divinity
Overwhelmed is an understatement of my life lately, and struggling with my faith has been paralyzing. As I sit with friends (whether on the phone or on my couch) who want to hear my struggles, I find the sobs strangling. These ones who have ministered to me on the spiritual and emotional level, these are…
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AACK!
Our email server went down and I lost a few posts… never to return. Hopefully we (meaning me and some new posts) will be up and running in no time. Okay, well, in more than no time, because I’m sick with a cold and had an iron infusion today which puts me in bed with…
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Ready to Go
I sat with him in his back room. He on his burgundy plush lift chair, feet propped up, water jug at his side. I on the floor next to him leaning my head against his knee. He settled his good hand on my hair and sighed. “Remember when you were little and I held you?”…
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Dandelions
They stand before me, expectant delight in their eyes, holding out sweaty hands clenching bunches of yellow. Bear and Bella. “Here, Mommy!” “We picked these special for you!” Dandelions fill their hands, picked with love, and a simple beauty erupts in my heart. “Oh, yes!” I enthuse, “Let’s find a blue vase for them,” I…
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Mommy, Come See!
This morning has been a simple morning. A quiet morning. Bri, rising in the dark to work downstairs and letting me sleep in. Sweet whispers from a baby girl, “Mommy, where’s Daddy?” She hates coming in our room and missing him, so she runs downstairs to be with him and find protection from the train…
A Spring of Joy 