Month: April 2019

  • Let Them Eat Cake

    Let Them Eat Cake

    It was going on 9 p.m.. I'd just finished a workout and dropped by the grocer's on my way home from the gym. There were only a handful of other people in the store so I didn't have to wait in line. The checker greeted[..]
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  • An Easter Prayer for Us All

    An Easter Prayer for Us All

    It is 7:30 a.m. on Easter Day.  I am in a hotel in The Dalles, Oregon. Typically, we'd be preparing for church services on this Easter morning, but Tim had prom last night. Our family celebrated our Easter with family last weekend when we were[..]
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  • Embrace Them

    Embrace Them

    His name is Steven, he told me as we greeted one another from our comfy seats at the  local bookstore. He wore a blue beanie pulled down low over his forehead. Grey hair spread out over his ears like angel wings. His chest-length beard was[..]
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  • Salvage Work

    Salvage Work

      Our daughter is getting married next week. She is the last of the three girls to marry. I was 21 when I married. I didn't have a clue about what I was getting myself into. Thankfully, God was watching out for me in ways[..]
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  • Trump’s Best Self

    Trump’s Best Self

    He did something good, y'all, and for a brief moment, albeit very brief, I saw Trump as the president he could be - if only. If only he wasn't hateful. If only he put the best interest of the country ahead of his own selfish[..]
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