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Words of Light: Grace & Truth for Your Journey Home
My thumbs might appear to be red, but they are actually green. All three of my grandmothers still garden. One raises her own produce patch from seeds, keeping the seedlings inside, until the snow melts. Another grows beautiful rows of flashy petunias, stately gladiolas,… Continue Reading “How I Killed My Succulent”
The farther I fall the more I grow. I look like lace, but inside I’m dirt. I’m soft as a feather, yet colder than stone. I’m seen more in multitude than alone. And just in case it’s not obvious enough. The answer is a… Continue Reading “Winter Riddle”
They never tell you when you move four and half hours away from home, cross an international border, and exchange the name “teacher” for the name “student” that you will face an identity crisis so piercing that it leaves you feeling empty. In the… Continue Reading “Framed”
Almost a month ago, Odds stacked negatively, November night, Torrential rain, He went. Approaching the stop sign, I was the enemy I saw in a flash Of car headlights On white belly And sprawling, airborne legs The desperate flight. I slowed. And stopped, Before… Continue Reading “Encouraged by Desperation”
We got up as our world revolved into the sun, my aunt and I. We strolled in the stillness to the shoreline and slipped into our own kayaks. The water lay smooth as ice but still fluid. Our paddles dipped into the water sending… Continue Reading “Travel Journal: Northern Reflections III”
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