My favorite grocery bagger was bagging my groceries the other day. I asked him, “Andy, how are you today?” I sensed that something wasn’t right. When Andy’s having a bad day he makes these little noises in his throat. Andy stuttered, “I just wish I could go to a cabin somewheres with my dogs, you… Continue reading New Life
The Sunday School teacher asked the class, “What brings you joy?” A few members answered and I replied, “My morning walks and visiting with neighbors along the way.” What I should have answered was this, “I find joy whenever I have the chance to use the gift that God gave me.” Each and every one… Continue reading What Brings Us Joy
I stand in a certain spot on top of the ridge. As I stand catching my breath, I peer through a narrow opening between two houses that sit there. Here is my reward for walking up the steepest street in our neighborhood. Through that narrow opening I can see for miles. I see hills and… Continue reading The Narrow Way
I still remember the Summer day that I met Hannah. My husband and I were renting an apartment during baseball season and one morning I was sitting beside the complex pool when Hannah walked through the gate. She was very tall, with a swimmer’s body. She was eighty years old. She swam her laps, got… Continue reading An Alien in a Garden of Beasts
When I was a little girl, Mama, my little sister and I lived in a small two bedroom apartment. My sister and I had twin beds, my bed sat next to the window. As my sister slept, I would ease over to the window and look up into the night sky. I would pray and… Continue reading In His Shoes
I’m driving down a country road surrounded by fields of wildflowers and tall trees. The evening sky is just beautiful. I stop to look at my surroundings and take them all in for just a moment. Ahead of me is a curve in the road. I have no idea what is around the bend. Will… Continue reading Uncertain Times
After a rainy and gloomy weekend, the morning sun was shining brightly. My husband and I were sitting on his parents’ covered back porch enjoying some of the suns’s rays that were reaching underneath the porch’s tin roof. I didn’t want to move, the sun felt so good. We were watching birds at the bird… Continue reading Hope Amongst the Thorns
This past weekend I wrote about God giving us opportunities during this time of crisis in our country, and I believe right now He has done that for my husband and me, sending us to be here for my in-laws. But by the time the weekend ended, and on the evening of the Lord’s Day,… Continue reading Strugglin’
The other morning I woke up and for the first time since all the craziness of the world got even crazier, I thought, “When is this sci-fi movie we are all characters in, going to end?” For the first time things were really hitting me and I was feeling kind of lost. I didn’t like… Continue reading The Last Picture Show
I’m sitting on my in-laws’ back porch in Marlin, Texas, thinking that I need some sort of distraction. My eyes settle on my father in-law’s cactus garden. It’s getting a little weedy, and I’m thinking there’s probably nothing like weeding out between a bunch of cacti to keep my mind off of all the goings… Continue reading The Cactus Garden
