“Like a caged animal.” I read her words and they stop me. I imagine the tiger in days gone past, trapped in a small cage at the Woodland Park Zoo. It gazed and locked eyes with my grade-school self. There was a fire in his eyes…One that was fierce and reckless, bold and resenting. I felt […]
Explosions sounded, fireworks blasted, hearts were gladened, no one expecting what the coming year might bring. As usual, pens jotted lists of resolutions, hearts imagined restored finances or relations, and minds conjured a year that would be better than the one we left. Yet, as the clock ticked, as the ball dropped, as the world turned […]
Imagine how you have felt these past few weeks. Or maybe you are reading this post-tense, in the shadows of a virus that ravished the earth. Life was shut down as we know it. Our resistence to fight a battle bigger than ourselves left us helpless, vulnerable, and feeling out of control. Now imagine, children who […]
Mouths don’t say it. Media dances around it. Minds tend to dwell on it. But nobody is murmering it. “Has God left us?” Is this epidemic that’s paralizing the world, a plague from God, announcing to the world, “He stopped loving us”. Or maybe, “He just doesn’t like us?” “He has moved away. He has found […]
I ask my dark-haired, Latin husband, as he stirs scrambled eggs for three of our adopted daughters, “Do you know what ‘Corona’ means?” “Crown”, he answers without stopping a second. “Are you sure? How do you know?” My skepticism rises. “The word is Spanish.” I stop, freeze in the kitchen, convinced my Spanish-speaking husband knew what […]
The death toll from Coronavirus in Washington state has reached 67. Positive cases pass 1,100. Yet, my guess is, that number is multiplied. Only those here in high risk catagories (Older people, those with a weakened immunity, prior health condition etc) are getting tested. Yesterday, another friend shared how her mom has COVID-19. Anyone 60 or […]