Tag: short-story
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When Life Butts In
I wrote this piece recently for a writing assignment dealing with setting. It’s a reflection on a moment in time about eight years ago. Outside the sliding glass door of our lower-level family room, the snow is quietly falling, and I am mesmerized. My husband and I have lived in this home at the top…
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If I had a morsel …
Today I will not dwell on yesterday. Today is the gift I get to open and explore with God’s help. May I make the most of it. *** She swirls, she dances, she personifies merriment. She is perpetually in her glory. She only has an on switch, and there is not a soul who doubts her consistent…
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A Tribute to a Remarkable Woman
When I think of the perfect timing of God, and the gifts He drops divinely in our laps, I think of Betty. She came into my life 28 years ago. I was pregnant with her son’s child. He and I were not married but planned to be. Until she stopped me in my tracks. “You…
The Joy of Rambling 