the kingdom of comfort
This morning, I woke up to no electricity in the house. No hot water, no microwave, no toaster, no stove, no washing machine, no phone charger for my cell phone. I was perturbed by the scant breakfast options and my inability to enjoy a hot bath. My dependence on...
wrinkle-free
One morning in high school, I was running late for school (surprise, surprise). I had a presentation later in the day, so I had to wear something halfway decent. I scrounged around for the burgundy button-down shirt I planned to wear – and found it languishing at...
rooibos in my pocket
Five months ago, our little family of five crammed our most precious earthly possessions into twelve overstuffed suitcases, and traipsed across the Atlantic. In a manner of speaking, that is. To many, twelve bags weighing fifty pounds each may sound like a whole...
i once was blind
I spent two decades of my life dependent on eyeglasses and contact lenses. Twenty years. That’s 7,300 mornings of reaching for prescription frames upon planting my sock-covered feet on the bedside floor. Then one morning, I opened my eyes, and I could see. I...
letter to a hurting friend :: a guest post by bronwyn lea
The following letter was written by my friend, Bronwyn. With her permission, I re-post it here because she so poignantly articulates a struggle common to so many of us. Before my mom passed away, people would ask me almost hourly, "How is your mom doing?" After...
Trusting God with Our Children
I squinted my groggy eyes in the direction of the digital clock perched strategically at the side of my bed. The fluorescent digits told me it was 1:20 a.m. I tried to take a deep breath, but my heart was pounding against my rib cage. I wished my anxiety...
the whole way home
Linking up once again with Lisa-Jo Baker for Five-Minute Friday. The challenge? Write for five minutes on the word view. the view from the rear view mirror is always the clearest hindsight and terrain gone by overcome and conquered but the...
lean on Him
The following article was recently posted on iBelieve.com: I heaved open the double doors to the aging gymnasium, grateful for a heated shelter from the snowy Saturday afternoon – and even more grateful for two hours of free roller-skating at the local gym to get...
this is my song
It's Five-Minute Friday time with Lisa-Jo Baker. This week's writing prompt is: song. Join us with your own five minutes of free, unedited writing by clicking here. We had congregated in a large room of my home church, waiting for the rest of the mourners to be...
togetherness
I let my eyes slowly scan the oval perimeter of faces that lined our new living room walls – sister, cousins, aunt, uncle, significant others. My heart swelled with gratitude to be in that room … together. After a decade in a foreign country, I was finally home. ...
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