We hang the bluebird feeder from the geranium hook on the porch. Fill it with yummies--crumbled suet, freeze-dried-berry-flavored mealworms (I actually scoop them with my bare hand), a few softened raisins, and a handful of blueberries. I don't know if they like...
for reflection
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of batteries and bluebirds
I glance out the window and gasp. "Grace, come quick! Run! Hurry!" When her lead foot lands on vinyl, I hiss at her. "Shhhh! Stop! Slow down! "G-ma's lost it now." I'm sure that's what she's thinking as the other foot freezes midair. She tiptoes to my side. We stand...
to see rightly
“…it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace…” Hebrews 13:9 (ESV) It’s barely light outside when we meet in the small dark room just outside the locked doors that lead to the hospital’s mental ward. Dressed in our student uniforms, from polished white shoes...
when you are a mess and He is in love
He nibbles graham crackers on the couch, sticky crumbs and a slice of lunch meat cut into “pizza shapes” because that’s the only way he’ll eat it. Five hairs stick straight at his crown and there is dirty black beneath his fingernails. Frayed socks, chapped lips, a...
in which i love winter
I'm a summertime gal. Bring on the sun, the heat, the sweat. Let me rock on...
when you don’t get what you deserve
I met a girlfriend for coffee in the middle of the week, snatched an hour...
musings on grace
Saturday I snapped pictures of the Grand River out the corner windows of our...
the weight of ingratitude
The week leading up to Christmas took an unexpected turn around here. My heart...
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