His Beautiful Broken Bride — An Allegory

His Beautiful Broken Bride — An Allegory

Posted by on Aug 12, 2018 in Uncategorized

“This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the Church.”  (Eph. 5:32 — ESV) The Bride stood before the mirror. Seeing her brokenness in the reflection brought back a flood of memories — the events that took her right arm, severing it at the shoulder. Though physical pain lingered, […]

A Poem for Allie

A Poem for Allie

Posted by on Jun 22, 2018 in The Joys Of Parenthood

You came as Spring flowers were starting to bloom, Not yet April, frost still on the grass; A suitcase in hand, you were searching for room Where you could blossom, planted at last.   The first two years of your life had been A challenge in so many ways, With some complications and many unknowns […]

My Road to Ebenezer

My Road to Ebenezer

Posted by on Jun 10, 2018 in Uncategorized

Never did I imagine that West I-26 would become my Ebenezer; yet, Divine assistance is always only a whisper away, and God is more than able to decipher the guttural groaning of one of His children behind the wheel of her Nissan.  I’d driven that same stretch of road the day before. Traveling eastbound, I […]

Both His Mothers’ Love

Both His Mothers’ Love

Posted by on Jun 8, 2018 in The Joys Of Parenthood, Uncategorized

We met for the first time at a cookout in Greenville, SC. Our toddlers played together while we visited. How were we to know then that this meeting at the home of church friends would initiate a life-changing decision less than one year later? So, when you became pregnant and knew that the circumstances weren’t […]

White Oak — Where I Walk

White Oak — Where I Walk

Posted by on May 5, 2018 in Uncategorized

“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.” William Blake I walk a parish called White Oak, which inconspicuously “becomes” after a simple bend off Fines Creek. We have a community center; a church with a bell that rings “Welcome!” three times a week; a cemetery where people remember; and years ago, there was […]

Mary and the Lamb

Mary and the Lamb

Posted by on Mar 21, 2018 in Uncategorized

“Near the cross [where The Lamb hung] stood his mother…” (John 19:25) (The following story, though allegorical in nature, is true — as recounted by my dear mother, Mary. It is fitting for her to have witnessed this, as she is, to me, a person who so beautifully reflects the very nature of Jesus’ mother.) […]

The Gift of Waiting

Posted by on Dec 15, 2017 in Uncategorized

I’d been waiting — holding on for a quarter of a century. Only recently have I let go. In the early 1990s, I collected everything I could Noah’s Ark-themed. This was a time in my life when I yet believed my broken body would one day — someday — bring forth children. For a variety […]

Walk On

Walk On

Posted by on Oct 1, 2017 in Uncategorized

On our recent trip to D.C., Bill bought me a new pair of shoes. Black ones — simple, beautiful.  In them, I walked.  I walked the spacious grounds of Mount Vernon — strolling in my shoes where George and Martha Washington once walked in theirs. George’s were likely war-weary with dirt, Martha’s dancing in anticipation […]

Glow Brightly

Glow Brightly

Posted by on Aug 18, 2017 in Uncategorized

Last night we sat outside, enjoying extended conversation after dinner — Jacob, Bill and me. It was the Golden Hour, and I noticed something. There weren’t any fireflies. Typically they illumine the hillside — a synchronized light show over our pasture and in the trees — but last night, nothing. And then, finally, one firefly […]

Our 28th Anniversary

Our 28th Anniversary

Posted by on Aug 12, 2017 in Uncategorized

 We were friends before there were cell phones or internet or any form of social media. We wrote love notes and talked on phones attached to the wall with long (and sometimes not-so-long) cords. We socialized at the skating rink and the town basketball court and the drive-in movie theater. And sometimes the media even […]