When I washed, I saw. ~John 9:11 (Message) There’s a hush this morning. Branches bow under the weight of wet white grace. I stand robe-wrapped and slippered on the porch and drink His whispers. Come to me all who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Giant flakes fall, and boughs droop to […]
The Gift of Paying Attention
I don’t remember now when I first started to pay attention. When I first picked up the baby camera and started to see through a new lens. Took those first steps. When I started to look for details or to see in a new light. My husband, ever patient, waits as I trail behind […]
Five Minute Friday: I Blame Trust
I blame trust. I leaned into it. Silly goose. It burned. Cut deep. Shattered dreams. “Close the doors,” I prayed. They opened wide. If I had not trusted, things might be different. Or not. Maybe worse. There’s no way to know. No way to know the rest of the story until the end. Were […]
Five Minute Friday: The Reality of Grief
I flip through the pages of Time Magazine until she breezes into the waiting room to invite me back. “How are you today?” Her eyes sparkle, and the corners crinkle. I flash a big smile. “Fine. Just fine!” I climb up into the chair, and she pins the bib around my neck. She flips […]
The Fragrance of Possibility
The world rests white this morning. A fresh palette waiting to be color splashed. When spring unleashes all soft and vivid. There are colors, Jodi commented, that we can’t see. Colors we can’t duplicate. Colors that will never grace a mixer. Kathleen talks about the excitement of a new box of Crayola crayons, becomes […]
Your Toothbrush is on Fire!
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. So it was the first thing that popped into my head when I read Lisa-Jo’s word prompt today: awake. I can’t really do the story justice, though. What would be best is for me to video my Sissy telling it. That’s enough to make the tears flow and […]
I Want You to Roar
A free-flying heart and mind and fingers for five short minutes. No second-guessing. No over-thinking. No editing. For Lisa Jo. On the word prompt . . . ROAR! Ready . . . set . . . GO! I want you to roar. To sink your teeth into the back of my neck and give […]
Close – Open
Another five minutes flat today with Lisa Jo on the word open. Join us? GO! Close! I’m glad to close the door on this year. So. Glad. As I stand at the threshold of the new, God, give me eyes to see the beauty all around me. And the pain. Give me ears to hear […]
Connected to This Place
A quick five minutes for Lisa Jo on the prompt connected. GO! We will commit her ashes this afternoon. And I will go home tomorrow. Back to my husband’s home. The place where he is connected. Where his family came over 100 years ago. I will be buried there. Next to his parents. In […]
The Color of Choices
Spinning with Lisa Jo and community again today. A five-minute spill from a word prompt. Today it’s about color . . . GO! I consider Kitchenaid mixers, and my head spins. So. Many. Choices. Not just over features and styles. Like a tilt-top or bowl-lift. Like a 4-quart or 5-quart or 6-quart bowl. But color. […]
