Listen to This Story
Vernal Pond in PA Today, I had time to listen to different folks tell me a story. I ask a neighbor to tell me the
April 5, 2011
Live With Flair
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You Can’t Touch This
It’s finally warm enough to visit the vernal ponds in the woods behind our house. A Vernal Pond Last week, I didn’t know what a
April 4, 2011
Loving by Faith
This morning, I remember the simplest of truths: I love others by faith. There’s a supernatural, unconditional, pure and deep love that God wants to
April 3, 2011
What Needs to Go?
I’m standing in my daughter’s room, and we touch every item and decide whether we need it anymore. We are making space. Saturday cleaning day
April 2, 2011
Hammering Against Your Life
I’m walking down the sidewalk in the freezing, dreary, and muddy slosh of an April snow. It’s quiet and bleak. Then, I hear a group
April 1, 2011
When You Don’t Get Recognition
All day, I think about the verse in Colossians that implores, “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and
March 31, 2011
Cut Out the Unhappy
Today my friend sends me the results of a study that suggests older folks–in their 80’s–are the happiest. The report published in the American National
March 30, 2011
Sneaking Up on Jack, I Caught Him Doing This:
Jack Basks in the Sun He was basking. My One-Eyed Cat, Jack, continues to teach me how to live with flair. First he learned how
March 29, 2011
Scheduling Nothing
Here’s the Big Thing at after school pick up: the children huddle and negotiate who plays where and when. After school scheduling feels like I’m
March 28, 2011
The Most Selfish Little Girl
I wake up this morning to the sound of my daughters screaming about who gets what toy. They have little stockpiles of toys in the
March 27, 2011