I received a lot of response from last week's post. Honestly, it took me by surprise a little, but I was incredibly grateful for your words, messages, and check-ins. I was questioned more than once on the reason behind being so brutally honest about such gut-wrenching pain. Why spill...
She rises before the sun. She doesn't make coffee. She reads no newspaper. She limps to the shower...
When I was eighteen I was in a major car accident. My first weekend of college, I was heading back to campus and I happened to hydroplane and then flip my car on an Atlanta interstate. For a few seconds, my life slowed to a...
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind." {Henry James} When I was a youngster, I was intrigued by light bulbs. In the same way that I was unable to stop staring...
A friend sent me an excerpt from Naomi Zacharias's book, "The Scent of Water," a few days ago. In it she discusses the reality of fairy tales and how we are so quick to focus on the happy ending that we miss the struggle the protagonists...
There is a song by Laura Story called "Blessings" that I have not been able to get out of my head for days now. In the past, I have been of the opinion that it is one of those cheesy, Christian songs that are simply...
In 6th grade, Tony Moore called me fat. I was a good two feet taller than him with hips as wide as his shoulders. I was an inch away from being the same height I am today -- a good 5'8''. Average for a young adult...
