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Day’s End
“I like the monotonous drone of the tires on the pavement, the containment in one small space of everything I need in my life…” (~from Elizabeth Berg’s “Caretaking”) As the darkness descended over us yesterday, the hush that covered our mini-van soon followed… the occasional sound of a thumb being sucked, the quiet, “Dad? How…
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Holding on to Something
It’s been one of those weeks, or rather months, or rather summers… where the grief hits like a tsunami and leaves me rolling and careening and gasping for breath as I try to comprehend what is happening around me in the lives of my loved ones and friends. Deaths, cancers, depression, loneliness, suffering, loss, surgeries,…
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All the Way…
All the way my Savior leads me, Oh, the fullness of His love! Perfect rest to me is promised In my Father’s house above. When my spirit, clothed immortal, Wings its flight to realms of day This my song through endless ages: Jesus led me all the way. (Fanny J. Crosby)
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Glory
From Selah’s song, Glory… One day voices that lie will all be silent One day all that’s divided will be whole again One day death will retreat and wave it’s white flag One day love will defeat the strongest enemy So we wait for that one day come quickly We want to see your Glory…
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Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
I sat with my boys breathing in the beautiful smell of sweat and dirt and grass. Summer boys, I call them. We talked about star-gazing, and I read them one of my favorite quotes about the stars. Ash watched me leaf through my journal to find the quote. Ever the thoughtful one, he asked me…
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A Spring of Joy 