Sandpaper People

Have you ever had people come into your life and, even if it's not intentional, make it more difficult? Maybe they're critical or judgmental; they're excessively needy and demand more than you can give relationally, emotionally or physically; sometimes...

Close calls

It was instinct and adrenaline, a hopeful protector but futile shield: “Close your eyes, Abby.”   Impotent words, like the reflex a mama uses when brakes are slammed and her arm flings across the front seat of the car. The big sister in the driver’s seat...

Love Stuffed

I visited a friend recently whose home had been invaded by giraffes. Stuffed with fluff and mile-wide toothless grins, they told me plenty about the home I was visiting:  it was a happy sort of place with a lot of littles underfoot.  Three to be exact,...

Eternal oxygen

On the ceiling of my daughter's closet, a child scribed the essentials of the forever life.  Important things, written on doorposts and gates for now, but on the heart for always.  ...

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