I am in a season of waiting. And waiting is not my strong suit. Just the word “patience” makes me…..well……impatient. Especially when I see a tide of difficulty coming toward me and I cannot stop it. I mean, after all, who doesn’t want to act…..when life gets complicated and filled with obstacles needing plowed over…..by sheer […]
I have seen him once in eight months. My nearly nineteen-years-old, six-foot-three, baby. The price, I guess, of a son called to missions as a missionary. So, when I see his name flash on my phone, hearing it’s loud ringing…..I quickly pick it up. Bubbling so much….just to hear his deep man tone. That child formed […]
My daughter is deaf. She came to us at three months old. Unable to hear in her right ear. Intermittent loss in her left ear also. Unilateral hearing loss primarily effects her ability to detect and locate sound. It hinders her from hearing other’s speak…..especially when there is any type of background noise. Due to this […]
Walking out the door as a child, my mom would always shout out from the front porch steps, “Remember who you are!” And as a teen, I drove away speedily….from both my mom…and that question. Yet, I could still hear her voice long in the distance…..“Remember who you are.” And to be frank. I had no idea […]
One of the first times I ever walked in our church, she came right up to us. Hugged us as if we were long lost relatives. Put strong arms around us that somehow melted all fears….and said…. “You are welcome here.” And how love melts away all fear. And how many want and so desperately need […]
Drudging through the grocery store with kids. All wanting to be anywhere but here. And I search for spices that revive my spirit. Amongst the chaos of it all. Needing tranquility to awaken my senses. In this deadness of winter. And I see him. A tall, type. Hippy fellow. And he looks quite like me. Hungry […]