Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. This is my mother’s favorite prayer. It is an abbreviated version. Here is the original. Original Serenity Prayer God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things […]
Saturday Snaps: It’s in the Soil
white hydrangea Hydrangeas are fascinating flowers. Their color can change according to where they’re planted. And it’s possible to produce a color change by adjusting the soil pH–especially when potted. Except I don’t think the white ones change. Hydrangeas tend to turn green–the color associated with life–as they age. But I’m not an hydrangea expert. […]
He Gives Rest
Writing bold for Lisa Jo. Five minutes flat. Unedited. GO! I loved my hummingbird feeder. The glass one painted with yellow sunflowers. It shattered in the sink. I bled. I bought a new one with perches. Where the birds can rest from their frantic flutter as they feed. I think they like it better. To […]
I’m Leaving Now
My mom fell Sunday. I’m grateful that my sister lives only a couple blocks away. My phone is text hot. And I battle guilt. Again. I’m squished between grandchildren and aging parents. And in every crisis I struggle with whether I need to go now or to see if my presence is more needful later. […]
I Have This Need . . .
They came back last year. Full and flowing and bubbling over like the Frio inself. The High Calling editors. Their words carved a hole in my soul. An aching yawn in my heart that longs to be filled with the beauty of a Texas canyon. To embrace those who have become like family. L.L., who […]
So We Give All . . . Third World Symphony
She lives in Kenya. I sit down this morning to write to her, her last letter at my right hand. She tells me she was in position 1 in the first term of school and in position 3 in the third term. She tells me that she and her family are in good health and […]
To the One Who Heals
My shoe covers rustle along the linoleum floor until I come to the holding area. I find her, eyes closed on the gurney, brown wisps around green paper cap. A tiny lady almost swallowed by crisp white and warm woven. I pick up the chart at the foot of the bed and page through it. […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: He reigns!
The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. ~Psalm 97:1 (NIV)
Saturday Snaps: A Peek at a Piping Plover
We’ve just come back from the Au Sable Light Station near Grand Marais, and the grandgirl and I are hiked out. She just wants to crash in the cabin with her Littlest Pet Shop critters and her case of plastic fish. I just want to make some coffee, put up my feet, and eye my slice […]
Five Minutes with Older: I’m Not Ready to See Jesus
It’s Friday. And it’s Lisa Jo’s birthday. So today our prompt is older. Five minutes to let it spill. This should be easy . . . GO! I’m getting older. With way fewer years on this earth ahead than behind. I have a lot more I want to do and see. But the sands of […]
