A Call to Beauty
Somehow she knew, that sweet Girl of mine. My heart has been heavy, with the sadness of our sick puppy and the loss of our one and a half month old calf, exactly one week ago today. We don’t know why he died, just found him by the creek bank. His mama bawled off and […]
A Mess of Bunchems and Berries
Allie loves the movie Tangled, but this word took on whole new meaning recently. While at Bible study, the children gathered. Some played with Legos and blocks, while Allie decided upon deceivingly cute Bunchems — colorful little doodads that, bunched together, create all sorts of fun shapes. If, however, said manipulatives find their way into […]
A Poem for Allie
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 […]
Both His Mothers’ Love
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 […]
Mockery Made Melody
Nineteen years ago today I returned home from the hospital without my daughter. Her empty car seat seemed to mock me from Columbia to Greenville, SC — and had I listened to the voice of the enemy for the duration of that trip, I’d have returned home bitter. Instead, I crossed that threshold broken. And […]