His muddy boots were a terrible mirror. Heavy steal toes, clomping up the stairs on the back porch. Tired, weary, covered with cement. The earth clung to my dad. And when he got home, I found joy in taking my tiny hands to help him unravel his laces, loosen those loops, and pull off his boots… […]
I lied to my dad. I knew I was doing it. Despite he had raised me to hold honesty in the highest regard… Of all the virtues, “Lying shatters your character”. I can still hear the heart of who he was, in me. Call me a sinner, not a saint; deceiver instead of a good person. […]
Brittle bones, but bold spirit. She stands, completely alone, on a stage before one of the world’s biggest audiences. Her stature is like a 1990’s model; no form, no shape. Hair cropped. My mind stretches, “What’s her story? Why is she here?” And I think that is also our question. For Nightbirde. For ourselves. Who are […]
Dark, olive eyes, stare straight at me, like a leapord, aching for a meal. Burning through my soul, like midnight oil, from the side of the road. Seven, maybe eight years old… Still, little did I know, he taught me with that gaze, tested my heart and what true strength was; moving me towards generosity. My […]
“The best way to survive grief is to express it. It needs to be shared with others and with God.” (S.F.L.B. NKjV) I stumble, like a three-legged competitor, trying to find my way. Like a toddler running at the Olympic Games. Raw, helpless, paralized in this position, like Jeremiah, who wrote Lamatations. In our nation of […]
The dew rests on the early morning blades, as one, two, three bunnies take over the front field, like landscapers, dissecting and inspecting, combing the field, for the goodness of God. Robins, bluejays, sparrows dance from tree to tree, prepping their nests and filling it, anticipating their hatchlings. Four eyes look back at me; a young […]