Jun 10, 2025 | Personal Blog
I hadn’t meant to sit up front. I just picked a random picnic table in the cool shade of the shelter and guzzled my water, unsticking my shirt from my sweaty back as a breeze blew through. Our march from Unity Park through downtown Greenville was a couple miles long...
Jun 3, 2025 | Personal Blog
We bring dinner to the women the last Monday of every month. We stand in the kitchen, one of them asks the blessing, and then we sit down together at a big table in a small room. We eat and talk. Then we go. It’s just an hour, no big deal. I don’t always sign up....
May 23, 2025 | Personal Blog
I spotted her glittering in the water beside my bare toes and jumped back. (I’ve been pinched by a crab before.) But this one had no claws, no legs, no anything. Just the top shell, drifting with the tide. That shell had a name. I used to know it. Carapace! (Honestly,...
May 12, 2025 | Personal Blog
It happens every time I take Daniel to preschool. We take the sidewalk, the door is in sight, and he says, “I’m gonna take the short cut.” It’s actually the long cut, but I don’t need to correct him. We have plenty of time and he loves it. Today he asked me to...
May 3, 2025 | Personal Blog
The call came while I was still in my pajamas. “Josiah threw up at school.” What? We’d just seen him at 7:15 when Paul brought Daniel over. Josiah was fine then, even giggling when he sneaked an orange slice candy. Paul was headed out of town, Sarah was at...
Apr 23, 2025 | Personal Blog
Lately, I’ve been walking Daniel to school a few times a week. I figure we better do it now, before South Carolina turns into a giant frying pan and scorches every living thing, including my interest in breathing outside. I’m happy to hang out with him....