When my sister and I were little, our Saturday afternoons were spent on a shopping trip with our mother. Before our city’s large mall was built in the early 1970’s, we had an outdoor shopping center with a large department store where we would go to the second floor to ...
Read More »Be With Me In This Lonely Hour
Do not depart from me. As I begin this journey. In this lonely hour, As I leave my shire. For whatever is in store Just beyond my door, It terrifies me so. Though I do not know. What terrors lie ahead? Or where I am being led? “Be strong all ...
Read More »Can you be “A Good Samaritan” Anymore?
My sister calls me the “Photo Nazi”. Embarrassingly, a title I have rightly earned. More than a few times my fit has been the source of our family’s entertainment as I try to capture my girls’ childhood from behind my camera’s lens. I love to set up, take pictures just to get the perfect shot. ...
Read More »Lane Ends, Merge Right
Two roads diverged … and I chose the one that ended! Last week, I was driving to Nashville, Tennessee, and I was abruptly forced to change my route. Right in front of me stood a flashing sign that read: “Lane ends merge right.” Now, I was pretty certain of my path. ...
Read More »Do you want to be a Billionaire?
Do you want to be a Billionaire? It seems that lately my appetite for more is in one word: insatiable. We compare what we have with what others have, and find ourselves lacking. It is on every channel, and in every store. We live in the most affluent country on the planet, ...
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