Honey, there’s something on your leg. It was a tic. On a beautiful spring day, we set out with friends for a casual walk along a railroad grade. When I got up closer to him I saw it was tics. Plural. Lots of tics all over our legs. We looked down, and they were like…
I recently discovered the ethereal fact that in Ireland there are historical geographic sites called thin places. You can take a tour of them –sacred natural landscapes where the distance between this world and heaven are said to be thin. Where God seems closer. This was a fascinating concept but not practical, for a woman who…
We happily agreed to loan our ski pants to a friend -a quiet, reserved friend. He didn’t know the pants were neon green. I wish you could have seen his face when I pulled those out of the front closet. I later laughingly asked his wife what she thought of the pants, and she said,…
I am at my desk, and right now the papers I just printed look like an accordion, because so much stuff was stacked in front of the printer when they came out. There’s a battery sitting here, and I don’t know if it’s old or new. There is a pile of necklaces I used in…
We watched two shows back-to-back this weekend.  Both were set in Alaska. The first was about men looking for gold on the ocean floor. Cussing – greedy – fighting men. One man had divorced his wife to look for gold in Alaska. She thought the idea of looking for gold was foolish, so he left…
On Mondays, at 5:30, I attend a meeting, and everyone is always Monday frazzled. I can feel it when I walk in and see the saggy bodies and half-smile hellos. Several weeks ago our leader instituted a mandatory group cheer to begin each meeting. It’s ridiculous. He makes us all stand up and gather together, which…
I had an 8:00 class in college. On that day, I would crack open the bathroom door to shed a tiny bit of light into the dorm room, so I could get dressed without waking my roommate. Because I’m OCD about certain things, I’ve always arranged my socks by color in the drawer, so I thought I…
It’s a goal-making kind of day. This year I will clean regularly. I will read the Bible every day. I will exercise myself back into those jeans (which spent all of December 26 unsnapped). I will… But it’s not the resolve that stands with chin up today. It’s the I can. Any mom wills to…
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