Of Reading

by Hännah Schlaudt A life in time demands limitation, A choice of one good over another. So many words to read, words you must know. Pick now; tomorrow is no surety. Which words shall I read, and dwell with now? Stacked around me, my books are tower’d walls Insulation from thoughts my own (flattened By…

The Soldier’s Wife

The Soldier’s Wife

  There, two stand in the door, And embrace for one last time. War has called one far away to fight, And the other to fight at Home. One will fight on a Sandy Plain, Far across the Sea, She will fight on the home front, Facing battles as great as He. For the Soldier’s…

Empty Arms

Empty Arms

      I dreamed of the day I’d hold you, Close to my mama-heart. I knew how much I loved you, Right from the very start. I could almost see your tiny face, Those sweet baby eyes Looking up at mine- Your little angel eyes. I almost knew your voice, Even though I never…

Of Hope Deferred

Written by a sister in Christ in response to a survey posted on the YLCF in 2004… If you had told me at seventeen (when I first fell in love) that I would still be unmarried at twenty-seven, I would have been horrified! Now, I wouldn’t trade those exciting, surprising and difficult years for anything….

The End.

The End.