Beyond the Fog
Dawn revealed fog blanketing our land—opaque and mysterious, romantically beautiful, like folds of white tulle blurring the landscape. And my eyes blurred with prayerful tears. She left this morning after pancakes and strawberries. Seventeen. Little girl wrapped in woman’s body, arrested last week for theft. She needed a place to stay so we […]
Rest in Peace
West wind blows cold this morning as I zip my jacket and head to the barn. Cornflower-blue skies backdrop sunlit orange, yellow, and red leaves beginning to fall. Green has said its last goodbye to trees tucking in for the long, winter rest. Branches shedding jeweled adornment reveal themselves, bare and dark. Trees know they […]
War and Peace
It’s 1:30 AM and the sound of advancing enemy fire has awakened me. After many retreats and battles lost in this ongoing war, I have learned the enemy’s tactics well. This time, there will be no retreat. This time, the victory is mine. I have suffered too many wounds, too many losses. No more. This […]
Unexpected
How we love the expected, the knowns. Like charting a trip, we set life course and follow our route, hoping for no detours, delays, or stops. But real life isn’t like that. When the unexpected strikes like lightening in places heart-close, comfortable can turn anxious as we find ourselves on quaking ground. And quaking ground […]
Chewed Up
He stomped onto the back deck mad. “I lost my pager!” Our nineteen-year-old volunteer fireman often loses things, often forgets to take things out of his pockets before starting the washer. In the past couple years, he has gone through four cell phones and three IPods. Now this. I could tell he was thoroughly frustrated […]