Feeling Pained by the Mess of Our World? An Idea to Consider
I nearly missed seeing it. We’d stopped on the way to the beach for gas. As Todd did the pumping, I watched the people. The woman yelling at a man, “YOU talk to her! She’s YOUR mother!” The entwined teenage couple gazing at each other so hungrily that they tripped...
What Lala Spied in the Rear View Mirror
“It’s time to go,” I said as I looked for my purse. Josiah was ready by the door, wearing his backpack. Daniel was dawdling. “Where are your shoes?” “Who knows.” Five-year-old Daniel shrugged. “It’s a mystery.” I tried not to laugh. How many hundreds of times in my...
These Moms Had Cindy’s Back—and They Have Yours Too!
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...
How I Signed Up to Help–And Got Served!
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....
Big Life Changes at Your House? 4 Survival Secrets from a Crab
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,...
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