Simple Living

Simple Living

I crave real simplicity. I’m not really a minimalist in the true sense of the word. I could never get rid of my shelves (and boxes) of books and I think it’s okay to have more than three or four completely mix-and-matchable outfits in my wardrobe. But I know how full and crazy life is….

She’s Got Issues

She’s Got Issues

I was probably nine when I  had my first major face-off with one of my greatest troubles. I was sent up to teach the kindergartners their church school lesson one week. I’d practiced and practiced and written down every single little word that I was going to say. But when I got up there, I felt the…

A dream I dreamed

A dream I dreamed

I dreamed a little dream one day.  Breathed it out into words and wrapped it up into the corner of my heart. It felt safe there, secured by the knowledge that no one but me knew that it had been dreamed. Years slipped by. The dream nestled in my heart stayed warm and hopeful. Sometimes…

Lists and My Life

Lists and My Life

I love lists. For as long as I can really remember, my life has been filled with unexpected interruptions, big moves and funny little adventures. The order and rhythm of regularity has often been put on pause as a sort of unavoidable chaos takes the reins for a time. The one thing that has seemed…

The Woman Next Door

The Woman Next Door

I’d only seen her once or twice, and I never knew her name. She was simply the woman who lived next door. From a distance, I could read pain in her face etched there by a life that had been hard and that had given her too many scars. Sometimes, when we passed her on…

The End.

The End.