Anniversaries, Stripes & Aunt Jemima

I was scared to death of him.  He was the Golden Child, the proverbial Boy Scout, the Good Christian Boy…and it was our first date.     I, on the other hand, having enjoyed my freshman year of college, was settling a bit in my sophomore....

When morning is good

Slipping into his room of shadows and still, I silently pull back the covers and ease onto the side of his bed.    He begins departure from the land of dreams and stirs in the place of In Between, burrowing to remain a while longer.  Smoothing...

Heartstrings & heroes

To the unacquainted, it seemed like an innocent enough question:  "Mom, have you heard of 'kisses from Katie'?" But I saw something–her eyes danced, a fleeting twirl of mystery and expectation and satisfaction; she was already...

WWJD WWyouD?

Two homeless men have been attending my very middle class adult Bible fellowship (adult Sunday school); although I'm not sure of the details, two women who minister to the homeless bring them every week.These guys are more faithful in attendance than "old...

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