A Song Not Scored For Breathing

She looks like a little bird except I've never seen a tiny bird with such a grim look on its face. Yesterday I saw her on the far side o...

I haven't posted this poem in a long time but I've been gathering quotes for a talk I'm giving at an upcoming retreat and came a...

"You've swallowed a lot of things......you didn't like in your life." Well, wasn't that was an 'oh shit' start...

I'm too tired to do much more than say hi. Dearest one fell on the icy steps two nights ago and landed on his car key which dug into his...

"It's got to be here somewhere." Here is in the black garbage bag sitting on the kitchen floor. I've lost a white flash d...

If you've ever watched Intervention and appreciate Jeff VanVonderen then watch this: Understanding Addiction

I encourage you to go read the account from this family in Haiti .

" I"ve learned to be careful whose toes I step on because they might lead to the butt I have to kiss tomorrow." This quote ma...

I found this Haitian blog through Beth and have been reading and praying.

" Will you pray about working in the kitchen? " It's my friend Ann calling and she is leading the next women's retreat. I ...

"Dear Hope, Next time do this instead of that and here's the person you should call to get that set up." W..T..F? I'd foll...

Yesterday morning we drove to work after freezing rain overnight. Our end of the community had salted roads and so we thought we were good t...

I wondered what kind of pictures would pop up when I typed perspective into a search engine. This one showed on the first page and I quite...

This was my day. I'm not back to normal but I will be. I'm grateful tomorrow's a new day.

" I`ve never forgotten her. She gave me hope that it might be different for me one day. " I said this to the geneticist this past ...

I got up early just to sit in the dark with only the lights of the Christmas tree for company. I love doing that. I haven't had enough ...

" Today is my first day alone since sometime in mid December. " When I wrote those words this morning it made today, a day of soli...

"I need a paper bag to scream in to." I said that to one of my coworkers near quitting time. Lordy, what a day that was yesterday....

"Dubai unveils world's tallest building." That's the headline I read on the web announcing the opening of the world's ...

"I must be singing too loud." Several pews ahead of me is a young girl who turned and looked right at me as I sang. She frowned,...