Dishes clank. The smell of red peppers and onions sizzle over the stove. With garlic. Oven beeps. The aroma of sweetness fragrances our home. Blending harmoniously, delightfully with the scent…of family. Each chair. Taken. Except the one empty. The one where the child of our hearts sat. The one waiting…for another. And we laugh. Bellies roaring. […]
Welcome to UNITE! I am so glad you are here! For all of those new HERE, I have been writing a book and have been on a short sabbatical. However, UNITE is still open, continuing to be a place to gather, connect, and meet new people each and every Tuesday. The rough draft of my book […]
Are you a brier rabbit. Racing to the finish. Or the turtle. Walking thoughtfully. Carefully. Methodically. To it’s purpose. Are you a goal setter. Achiever. Feeling more satisfied when there is a task. Running fast….until you complete it? And why is it. Holidays have a way. Of entangling our legs. Pulling us into it’s own chaos. […]
O.K. ready? Let’s just get down to it….1. Stop. Holidays can act like the whirlwind that picked up Dorothy and transported her to another land. A land where people become smaller, witches become real, and houses start to fly around. And around. And around. Dorothy always scared me. As a dreamer, the thought of being carried […]
I was cynical of love. I was a cynic of a lot of things. I had closed off my heart. Living a reckless life. And isn’t it when eyes are most blind. When darkness prevails. That the slant of new light….shines most clear. Finding hope in the night? Yes, I wasn’t looking for love. I wasn’t looking for […]
Why is life so hard sometimes? Treading along the pathway, looking down. Searching for hope in the world. Around us. Fighting fear. Blind with dread. Struggling for hope. Reasoning our life. Our situations. Our circumstances in our heads. I am…it seems. We live. As if Jesus is still dead. And the hope we once had. […]