I cringed. Someone was calling me by my maiden name. I was in a shopping mall, and a woman a few feet away had recognized me. I’d been a Christian…
My eyes measured the narrow space between our huge armoire and the bedroom wall. “I think it’ll fit!” I said eagerly. My husband’s eagle-eyed inspection was making me nervous.…
My grandfather loved daylilies. He planted them in every kind of container imaginable. In bleach bottles with the tops sawed off, old tin buckets, rusted-out wagons…if it held dirt, my…
I’ve lost some of my zest for life. That’s my conclusion after spending a week with my five-year-old granddaughter. We did all the things. Princess dance camp,…
Even without movie subtitles, I watched and understood an entire movie spoken in a foreign language. I was a seven-year-old living with my family in Rota, Spain where my…
WHEN YOU FEEL REJECTED I was sixteen and it was a Saturday night. Like a lot of silly teenagers, my friend K and I had convinced ourselves we were losers—because,…
Ask any of my three daughters about Disneyworld’s Carousel of Progress attraction, and they’ll smile and throw a slight eye roll my way. They’ve all heard a bajillion and one…
Before I became a Christian, I thought the world consisted of what could be seen and touched. Later, I learned how wrong I was. Now I know we live in a…
I’m severely directionless. I can’t explain why, but maps paralyze me. No matter where I am, north simply means straight up toward heaven. That’s why I had to rely on…
What would our lives be like if we didn’t have to deal with DIFFICULT PEOPLE? Let’s face it. Some people are hard to love. You know what I mean. Ornery.…
