Sandra Heska King

daring to open doors

  • Home
  • About
  • DISCLOSURES
    • Amazon Affiliate
    • Book Reviews
  • Published
  • Contact
  • Blog
    • Commit Poetry
    • Dared

The Meeting

September 17, 2010 By Sandra Heska King

There’s a boy outside. A funny-looking boy. Standing in the middle of the plants.

But I ignore him. In fact, I’m oblivious to anything or anyone except the person who sits across the table–and the waitress who warms my coffee.

Today I share breakfast with Anne Lang Bundy who is on her way to the ACFW Conference in Indianapolis. I am excited to meet her in person. She breathes Jesus through her writing, but in her presence is His fragrance.

The hour goes by way too fast. We talk of Colorado and meeting our husbands and meeting Jesus, and we talk about our families. We talk about our writing, and we even dare to risk in our sharing. And in that time we get a brief glimpse through soul windows of joy and pain and trust and victory.

And then Anne pulls me into the land and lives of Saul and David and the people who surround them. Unpronounceable Old Testament names slip as easily from her lips as the orange juice she spoons on her pancake. Her words tumble and dance on the table, and I’m lost in her story. Here is a woman who is enthralled with the Bible, who wants to throw the window wide open to its freshness so others can inhale and become giddy with excitement, too.

I do not finish my oatmeal or my toast. I nibble on a few raisins. I’ve forgotten my disappointment in not being able to head south, too. I am more hungry to get home and “Berean” her thoughts. And I think that’s exactly how she’d have it.

I mean to have the waitress take our picture, but we’ve gone overtime, and Anne has to run, and I forget, and we hug and say goodbye.

So I snap a few pictures outside before I leave–because I have to.

And as I drive home, I begin to plan to be there next year. God willing.

Celebrating Window Views with Cassandra Frear at the Moonboat Cafe.

Share this:

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: stories and reflections

Comments

  1. katdish says

    September 17, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Isn’t it wonderful to be able to meet online friends in person? I’ve had the pleasure of that on a few occassions. Remind me to tell you a funny story about the Kip’s big boy sometime…

    • Sandra says

      September 17, 2010 at 8:49 pm

      Just goes to show they’re really are real! Now when are we meeting? I’d rather hear your story in person. 🙂

  2. Carol Garvin says

    September 17, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    What a wonderful encounter! I’ll bet it is the beginning of a special relationship that will bless both of you through years to come. I can’t get to my favourite conference every year but so far have been able to make it every second year and I love discovering familiar faces and names each time. These special bonds begin with the common thread of one’s love of writing (or in the case of the ACFW, also one’s faith) but can end up being so much more.

    • Sandra says

      September 17, 2010 at 8:51 pm

      It’s a wondrous thing. I’ve only gone to one writing conference–in Wheaton–about 26 years ago! I remember that Charles Stanley and Karen Burton Mains spoke. And I got to meet my writing instructor and I reconnected on Facebook with a writer I’d met there and still had our pictures to share with her.

      So I expect I’ll meet you in person someday at some conference. 🙂

  3. Cassandra Frear says

    September 17, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    And one day, you and I . . .

    • Sandra says

      September 17, 2010 at 9:32 pm

      I want to hike up Big Glassy with you.

  4. Susan J. Reinhardt says

    September 17, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Hi Sandy –

    I’m glad you had the opportunity to meet Anne. It’s awesome when you make that kind of heart connection with another believer.

    Blessings,
    Susan 🙂

    • Sandra says

      September 17, 2010 at 10:40 pm

      She’s a special lady.

  5. Ed Cyzewski says

    September 17, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    The way you spoke of Anne is both encouraging and challenging. What a gift to help others want more of God like that!

    • Sandra says

      September 18, 2010 at 2:05 pm

      She has a gift. Definitely.

  6. nance nAncY nanc heyyou davisbaby says

    September 18, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    huggs to both of you lovely sweethearts.
    you found some pretty flowers at the big boy.
    just like the two of you…see you did get a
    photo of the two of you after all!

    • Sandra says

      September 18, 2010 at 2:06 pm

      Awwww.

  7. T. Anne says

    September 18, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    I’m beyond myself with jealousy that you got to meet with Anne. I love her. I’m SO glad you had a great time. Too bad about the picture! Next time, right?

    • Sandra says

      September 18, 2010 at 2:06 pm

      Next time for sure. And there will be a next time. 🙂

  8. David@Red Letter Believers says

    September 20, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    You and Anne AND Bob Big Boy? What a breakfast! She is a joy for sure, and Bob has good stuff too.

    Very jealous of your time!

  9. Nikole Hahn says

    September 20, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    I can’t wait until I attend my first conference. :o) It sounds wonderful!

  10. Anne Lang Bundy says

    September 21, 2010 at 9:31 pm

    My dear Snady ~

    To meet with you and share together was finer fare than any gourmet meal we were served at the conference. I’m tempted to travel to your part of the state more often …

    I can’t imagine that I’ve blessed you anywhere as much as you blessed me with this post. I have added you and other friends to my prayer list, asking the Lord to make a way for you to attend ACFW next year, as pleases Him and will bless all of you.

    Thank you for this. ♥ Thank you for the love. ♥ It is sent back to you in armfuls. ♥ ~ Anne

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Meet Sandra

I’m Sandra, a camera-toting, recovering doer who’s learning to be. still. Read more…

Get updates from the stillness by email

Your personal information is safe and will never be shared.

Archives

Categories

Instagram Inspiration

sandraheskaking

Happy first day of fall from my backyard to yours. Happy first day of fall from my backyard to yours.
Just another backyard photo… Just another backyard photo…
From my backyard tonight. From my backyard tonight.
Just another sunset. Just another sunset.
“I would like people to remember of me, how inex “I would like people to remember of me, how inexhaustible was her mindfulness.” ~ Mary Oliver in “ A Little Ado About This and That.”
Current situation. Current situation.
“This spark of life that wavest wings of gold” “This spark of life that wavest wings of gold” ~ Thomas Wentworth Higginson in “Ode to a Butterfly”
🦋
We pulled all the milkweed because it just could not support all the caterpillars. They were eating it bare and most of them died because they ran out of food. This one butterfly found this one lone volunteer.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright futur "I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." ~ E.B. White (as quoted on today's page in my Franklin Planner)
"May you experience each day as a sacred gift wove "May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder." ~ John O'Donohue in "For Presence" from To Bless the Space Between Us
🌴
Tri-colored heron stalking breakfast in my backyard.
“. . neighbor’s tree hangs heavy with mangoes “. .  neighbor’s tree hangs heavy with mangoes. They are moving in a week. They say a family from Belarus bought the house. I hope they don’t care much for mangoes.”
**
“Beautiful Sweet Things” at https://sandraheskaking.substack.com/
"People do not grow old. When they cease to grow t "People do not grow old. When they cease to grow they become old.” ~ Emerson

It's been a while since I've written anything on my blog. Like 3 years. But I just wrote my first post on Substack. Come see?

https://sandraheskaking.substack.com/p/ten-years-ten-things
Spent a couple hours this morning with friends fro Spent a couple hours this morning with friends from @spanishriverchurch picking up beach trash. Little bits of colored and clear plastic, big bits of plastic, bottle caps, broken glass, strings, ropes, straws, socks, fast food containers, paper, cigarette holders and filters—and a couple unmentionables. Took extra care around the turtle nests. Last count was about 70 pounds, but there were also some bigger things like an abandoned chair and a plastic tent. And a big piece of burlap or something with a fishing lure and giant hook attached. D found a Macy’s gift card that he almost tossed in his bucket. But we brought it home to check the balance—$24.60! We should be able to turn that into something useful for someone. 😊
H Already dead, I am living my afterlife here in t H
Already dead, I am
living my afterlife
here
in the form of a human.
~ Xueyan from Time Peels All to Original White

Thanks to @tspoetry for introducing me to this beautiful collection via an Every Day Poems selection.
The cats attacked the window all night. The dog wo The cats attacked the window all night. The dog woofed all night. This morning we discovered the would-be burglar imprisoned between the screen and the glass on our bedroom slider. 

When I stepped out to release it (no bail), I was surprised by this brief bit of backyard beauty.
For most of us, knowledge of our world comes large For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?" ~ Rachel Carson in The Sense of Wonder
#prayformsu #spartanstrong #spartannurse #michigan #prayformsu #spartanstrong #spartannurse #michiganstateuniversity
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faith Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. ~ Psalm 136:1
A tale of two iguanas... I did not see the iguana A tale of two iguanas... I did not see the iguana in the background until I downloaded the photos. That, I believe, is the one that got caught in one of the openings in the neighbor's chain link fence. We tried in several (safe) ways to dislodge it without luck and could think of no other option but to leave it. Somehow it apparently dislodged itself. We also believe this is the pair that was getting into another neighbor's garden. We haven't seen either one since the last cold snap, so we are wondering if they survived. 
🌱
Thinking some may have tumbled from their perches last night. Pretty sure it will be raining iguanas tonight since we are under a frost advisory. It's cold. And windy.
Just sing... sing a song... Singing our way into Just sing... sing a song... 

Singing our way into the weekend.
"We don't just see. We learn to see." ~ Russ Ramse "We don't just see. We learn to see." ~ Russ Ramsey in Rembrandt is in the Wind
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Get the Mug

Embrace the life you have t s poetry mug

Privacy Policy

Full privacy policy is available HERE.

I Read Light

TSP-Red button

bibledude-net



Sponsor a Child

Join the Compassion Blogger Network

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2023 Sandra Heska King · Site by The Willingham Enterprise, LLC on the Genesis Framework by StudioPress · Log in