When I was a little girl and would get ready for school or church, the most difficult thing was often brushing my hair…or having my mother brush it. It tangled easily. Sleeping, tossing, turning-tangling my hair until the comb snagged and hung up–and it took time and patience to get…
Read moreIt was summer 2013. There was a good group of us on the Honduran village trail that day. Hot temperature, cooled only by the frequent showers from the constant clouds that hovered in the skies. We had traveled to many houses that day, Marie, our voice to the neighbors had…
Read moreHide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;…
Read more2016 is not yet here—but it is coming! A year for HOPE. I barely have my tree up–and my heart is already looking at 2016. I know. Stay in the present…but I find it hard sometimes. I keep straining to peek into 2016. Before the New Year gets here, I wanted to…
Read moreWhat do you notice about this picture? I took it because of the flowers…but upon closer examination I find one Mr. Ant clinging to the leafless skinny branch. Clinging. Crawling, at an ant’s pace. Sure, it may have been fast to him, but to me–it was very.very.slow. And perhaps…
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