The room sweats with suffering. And faces are mute with agitation. Agitation of the worst kind. The kind like when watching a scary movie. And you can’t run. Can’t scream. Courtroom insisting. No one leaving. Glued to the bench. Staring. Though we all want to turn away. Evidence roars like thunder, as a lightening of evidence strikes […]
Have you ever had one of those days? Like today. Call from my child’s school. Saying…..there has been a mistake. Hepatitis B. Not in records. Deleted from the computers at the clinic. Shots. Three kids. Countless foster infants. All up to date. But, they insist. So…we make a road trip. Twenty miles away. To our pediatrician. […]
You know something is wrong, when you eat chocolate for breakfast. And not just bite sized. Lady like. Hershey kisses kind of helpings. But a big, with almonds, kind of chocolate bar. Sitting. Feeling like a Shrinky Dink. Stuck inside a oven. Heat turned on. High setting. And somehow, required to grow in it. So big. […]
A cock-a-doodle do reminds me that morning is coming. Sun peering over the horizon. Barely. And I cannot sleep. It’s my teen. I worry. And I think about her far too much. And to be honest. It is tough. Taking each child. Each moment. Each hour. And trusting. Placing them carefully, wholeheartedly, intentionally…..in God’s hands. Yet, […]
When life offers you a field of weeds. Take what’s there. And do like the feathered ones do. Look for opportunity. Because sometimes. In the greenest, most fertilized settings. IS the blessing. …….Even if dandelions appear. So, don’t ignore those unwanted hindrances. Denying them. Devour their presence. And let them nourish you. To life. To […]
In the city. I read a story. Pregnant homeless woman. Losing her business. Without money. Begging for food. Because inside her….His light. A gift. A baby. And I see it drive by….as it almost hits us. The symbol. Significant. Racing down freeway to get to its exit. As if no one else exists……but them. Then, there […]