That man of mine swung home and took me out for lunch. It was just a quick bite at a fast food place, but it was a precious hour with him. Then there was the girl at the counter who looked at me with dead eyes and smiled not. Nor did she ask how she…
Yesterday I attended my first pep assembly at the Christian school where I teach. The state volleyball and soccer tournaments begin today, so we needed to make some noise. I snuck up to the top of the bleachers, out of the fray. I didn’t know what to expect, as it had been, umm, a short…
My daughter is a very calm, quiet, rational person, unless there is a spider in her room. Knowing this, I cringed to hear about the duty she pulled at work. She is employed by a large greenhouse, and one day they all took turns going into one of the sections of the store, pulling items away from…
There are always two weeks of skeptical waiting. I follow Matt along the edge of the garden where we do a lot of squinting, trying to identify if that is a blade of grass or possibly the first green onion shoot. Just a blade of grass, I say. No sign of spinach, basil or potatoes either. Me, ever…
I had a long list of chores to do yesterday. Matt requested clean jeans; everybody needed a lunch packed; the fridge was empty, so a grocery list was in the works; and tomatoes awaited planting. Before getting started on all of this, I sat down with my Bible and read about Solomon building the temple for the Lord. “…the…
We used to live in a very old neighborhood, and in the summer I couldn’t wait to put on tennis shoes every day and go for a walk. The exercise was a good idea, but it was the artistry of the old homes that I enjoyed the most. It was my habit to purposefully look…
We were in the Seattle airport waiting for our plane to Dallas –making some laps around the concourse. I almost lost Matt when we passed the Kona, Hawaii gate and they were calling for a couple to make the final boarding. He said, What –didn’t they just call our name? No, darling. No. Anyway, Caleb and I tried…
My husband and I attended a scholars ceremony where our baby girl received a letter for seven semesters in a row of maintaining a 4.0. As she stood on the stage, I thought back to everything it took for her to get to this place… An hour on my bed with flash cards, trying to help her…
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