Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I spent International Women’s day attending a virtual Mother’s Blessing for my daughter Katherine, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate that day. All of the strong women in her life came together to offer a blessing. For each one, Katherine strung a bead on a chain she’ll use for inspiration during [...]
Here's to the women who rise early to raise their families and a little hell. Who knead dough, and earn their coin. Who dance around the kitchen, but never the truth. Who wear the pants, and the skirts, in whatever style they choose. Here's to the sweet women and the salty ones; those who like [...]
Love grows surely in a frozen forest. Root tips touch. Nutrients pass along a mycorrhizal network. Tiny threads of life stretch from robust conifers to struggling saplings. Mother trees stand tall, sense stress send water block wind alert to danger. Oak, Maple, Hickory, Beech, Pine, Spruce and Fir Rise together. Spread their own branches. Bear [...]
If you want to know what really makes America the Beautiful, listen to those words sung by a second and third grade choir. Watch their proud little faces beam as, eyes trained on their music teacher, they find the notes that give those words lift. "America! America! God shed his grace on thee. And crown [...]
The heart caught my eye as I hurried out to the car on a cold winter day. The afternoon sun had sent a prism of color exploding through a glass ornament dangling from my neighbor's tree, and the effect was quite spectacular. I stopped for a second to admire it, fished my phone out of [...]
