Mar 16, 2015 | A Day In The Life, Stories, Verses
I have the backside of a farmer. Or so it would seem, as I settle into my tractor-seat chair to write. Its hollows meet my curves with comfort and cold metal soon warms to my own body’s temperature. We fit, me and this chair. I find comfort and purpose and joy...
Dec 27, 2014 | A Day In The Life, Aha! Moments, Songs/Poems, Stories, Verses
A girl once walked, with shoulders hunched And every step a chore Her eyes so dull, her mouth turned down Each day a living war. The load she carried on her back Was heavy, ragged, old The sweat poured from her effort But her heart was turning cold. She no...
Jun 12, 2014 | A Day In The Life, Aha! Moments, Stories, Verses
(Think Oregon beaches with their massive boulders in the sand.) Mmmmmmmm…she loved everything about it. The smell. The feel. The sight. Even the taste. The salty water that left its flavor on her lips after a day of splashing and a trace of residue on her bare...
Jun 18, 2013 | A Day In The Life, Aha! Moments, Stories, Verses
There is something about being barefoot that feels so free. So childlike. To go out in the front yard to water flowers or greet a neighbor with nothing but skin on my feet, feeling the cool tickle of the grass underneath them. To let my bare toes feel the warmth of...
Jun 4, 2013 | A Day In The Life, Aha! Moments, Stories, Verses
(I gotta be honest…I am exhausted beyond belief and my body is retaliating. Three more days ’til we fly out to CA. Until then there is still much to do. But today, I am asking Jesus to help me “change clothes”…) Weary shoulders don the...
