I don’t remember what sparked the argument. But we stood outside the cloakroom inside the second-floor classroom in the old brick school that’s long since crumbled. The classroom where the fire escape tunnel slide exited. The tunnel we loved to play in after school while we waited for the two buses to return for […]
Straining Memories
I’ve heard the story many times. I’m dawdling as I dress for school in front of the furnace. My mom’s trying to speed things up. If I miss the bus, she threatens, I’ll spend the day in bed–at least until the bus would normally return late that afternoon. I don’t care. I miss the bus. […]
Scripture Sunday: Relax and Rest
Resting in the stillness, Sandy In community with Lisha #GiveMeGrace
Still Saturday: How Being Saved Sounds
An empty room is silent. A room where people are not speaking or moving is quiet. Silence is a given, quiet a gift. Silence is the absence of sound and quiet the stilling of sound. Silence can’t be anything but silent. Quiet chooses to be silent. It holds its breath to listen. It […]
Inhaling the Unfamiliar
Our little group glues itself together when we leave the airport terminal. We jostle through a sea of unfamiliar voices and dark-skinned faces. “Miss. Miss.” I stare at the necklace that dangles in front of me, shake my head and smile. “No. No, thank you. No money.” A haze hangs over the hill, and I […]
Where is Your Safe Place?
Safe Places I remember a scorched blanket or crocheted spread wrapped around a baby doll. I remember sitting in the center after finding matches on the bedside table and Grandma Dummer’s yelp and a splash of water. I remember forts of fern with stems stomped down to form a center where I could hide when life got hot. On […]
Kaitlin’s Wish
This video just puddled me. Maybe it’s partly because Kaitlin died just six months before my mom, stolen from earth by the same thief. But mostly because Kaitlin looked beyond herself and her own pain. She was given a wish, and she gave it away. She painted a beautiful picture with her last […]
Bread of Life
Books :: Yes, I did. I ordered another one today. I’m filling my basket like a starving shopper in the grocery aisle where everything tantalizes. I hope I can eat it all before it grows stale or moldy. Taste and see. Bread of life. :: Multiplied :: “I cannot live without books.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Of […]
Monday Morning Waltz
Today I feel… lost.. down… sluggish… Not depressed, really. Kind of empty. Or maybe full. Normal feelings after a period of intense activity, I suppose. I still have plenty to do. My house is screaming for attention. I have a couple of writing deadlines. But it all overwhelms me right now. I’m moving slower, thinking slower. […]
Scripture Sunday: Secluded
In the stillness, Sandy And with Lisha #GiveMeGrace
