By the Light of a Candle or Two
I wish you December days of happy planning. Of warm kitchens smelling to the very corners of cinnamon and chocolate. Of hands digging deep into the pockets of warm coats. Of a Christmas profoundly simple. Of late afternoon walks that find you bundled up in gloves and...
Possibility
When his grandmother passed away in 2011, some of the things my husband wanted to keep as mementos were her diaries. Mimi was a faithful historian. She kept her family history in a series of journals that are treasures; snapshots of both the extraordinary and...
On a Sunny Morning in Chicago
I just love September, October, and November. I know some of you are reluctant to let the warm blue and green days of summer go, and I understand! Because it's true that the trees that stun in gold and red and orange in late September and early October inevitably give...
The Heart of the Matter
A careless word from someone you love. A lie from someone you trusted. A cruel remark overheard from a colleague at work. Whatever the cause, you find yourself in the unwanted and unexpected position of having to do the hard work of forgiveness. We’ve all been there,...
Further Up and Further In
"I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I've been looking for all my life though I never knew it till now...Come further up! Come further in!" ~CS Lewis, The Last Battle Time is such a funny thing. It's fascinating because...
Dangerous If You Don’t
When Shelly and I were in college, we would get ice cream from the University cafeteria, then go sit out on the steps of the Administration Building and talk about anything and everything. We told each other that any excuse to go on an ice cream binge was good enough;...
Saturday
I stood at the edge of the Pacific off the coast of Wailea one night. I was thinking about how small I felt in comparison to those dark waves stretched unendingly out in front of me. It was so beautiful that evening. On the one hand, it was a bit unsettling; the ocean...
A Matter of Flying
I’ve made a decision lately that's been a long time coming, I suppose. I’ve decided to consciously make a focus shift...to begin clearing some clutter, make some space. Start collecting fewer things, and focus instead on collecting experiences. When we lived in...
Laurie
We were wrapping up our Senior Trip; the last big thing that we would do together as a class. Two or three of us girls - predisposed to feel a bit sad and a little sentimental about the whole thing were sitting at a table with two of the guys who were predisposed to...
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