Gusts rage against the front of our faces as eyes squint for the big, yellow, school bus, coming up the hill. At only a few feet tall, I see the wind push and pull, take the mighty cedars and bend them low, without question or permission. And I wait, as his tiny voice, resonates through the […]
Her head is tucked tight inside of one of the books we picked up from the library. As a home-school mom, I thrive on knowledge, but also the age-old education of good old-fashioned conversation. The kind people originally shared; face-to-face, one-on-one, the older teaching the younger. Because kids, if we let them, can become more than […]
I sat next to her because she was smart. Everyone knew her dad had ample wealth. At sixteen, she had cash handed to her whenever she wanted, a nice car, and seemingly everything a girl could dream of. But soon, I didn’t care as much about her math skills, as I sympathized with her cry for […]
It was our first SUV ever. Shiny black, two bucket seats in the back, fitting seven. I loved that rugged four-wheeler. It carried a car full of girls to birthdays, me and my kids hiking up mountains, and to the dessert, camping at The Gorge each year for Creationfest. There was that time close to winter […]
My suitcase held a strange comfort as it lay open on my bedroom floor. I wasn’t going anywhere…But something about a filled case brought peace and comfort… Luggage waiting made me feel like I had an option of not staying…Even though I was morally obligated, and staying. A little girl lay curled up in an outlined […]
She swooped the roller across her lime green walls. And once where there was bright colors. Black was all I saw. Covering like the sorrow wallowing from my heart. What happened to my little girl? Why did she want black walls? What had I done wrong in this life to make my sparkles loving, pink, tiara […]