I love to watch the sky. Our city rests on the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, so it’s easy to find a hilltop where one can see the clouds swirling on top of a dark azure blue. At times, the clouds have been simply breathtaking. No artist could paint the glory of...
I bought my first smart phone about a year into my journey as a widow. For me, it was a lifesaver. I was a stay-at-home single mom of two toddlers. At the time, my son, Ben, was three years old, and my daughter, Katherine, was around a year old. I had very little time...
When I married my husband, Robbie, his favorite time to introduce some “romance” was in the middle of a fight. I think he thought his gestures would stop the fumes coming out my ears. It didn’t work. Years later, we still struggle with our understanding of what...
“I was just tired of my boring life,” Brenda confessed as we sat at the lunch table sharing our family stories. Her kids were grown, and her husband seemed aloof and uninterested in joining her in her empty nest adventures. So, Brenda decided to make a drastic...
My husband and I sweated in the sun of an early southern summer morning. The dirt and dust of our belongings darkened our fingernails. It was garage sale day—cleaning out the old house to move into a new one. Around the tables of knick-knacks and useless electronics...
