What if you could speak. Well worn ones? What if you could tell me of the miles that you have tread? The weight of holding Love Eternal…down paved roads…heavy loads. Working dawn endlessly. The places you have been. The stories of people…..How Dear One always takes the time to stop for people. Talk to people. Pray […]
Popcorn spills all over the floor. Not waking up to a clean house…or a quiet, calm house. But, this morning. Popcorn. And young feet pattering…..looking…..searching through treats left out by teenagers the night before. And I implore…. “Pick up the popcorn…. When we make messes, our job is to clean them up.” And little hands innocently […]
There it was. On a table. Party platter. People gathered. Luring. Tempting me. Questioning the authenticity of recent allergies. Peanuts. Soy. Now seafood. Healthy all my life. Never broke a bone. Hardly had a cold. Bodies. Only human. Can endure only so much. And although I am set free….I know….consequences of life styles always catch up. […]
O.K. so I have always been a little strange. As a child I remember being held captive by our black and white screen…..images of starving children in Africa & the reality of their pain. (Not a lot has changed) …..While other children play outside & people run to and fro….doing other things. Started working at fifteen. […]
There is a pot that I see. Sitting so bold in front of me. One day, I take this cracked pot out. And patch it from pieces lying around. I get out color. Paint it from plain. I want dazzle, beauty, fame. ….from my pot. I work hard. Diligently. Faithfully. Day in. Day out. But eventually […]
We wake in anticipation of a well-planned day. Organized. Well thought-out. Structured in the most methodical way. Church. Then a visit to an Aunt, laying sick. Weak. …about to see Jesus. But when we rise. Husband sick…..Really sick. Second time in twenty years sick. Plans derailed. Kids and I venture out. To church alone. And we […]