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...
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in which i love winter
I'm a summertime gal. Bring on the sun, the heat, the sweat. Let me rock on the porch with a glass of iced tea, sporting a pair of shorts and my Tigers T-shirt, inhaling the scent of petunias. Or give me springtime, air heavy with the fragrance of lilacs, pregnant...
when you don’t get what you deserve
I met a girlfriend for coffee in the middle of the week, snatched an hour before afternoon carpool to catch up. And we had a lot of it, catching up. A wedding, two teenage car accidents between us, and leaving the church where we met since the last time we talked. It...
musings on grace
Saturday I snapped pictures of the Grand River out the corner windows of our hotel room on the ninth floor. Then my husband donned his black tuxedo with the gray vest. I slipped into a little black dress and rhinestone-sparkle heels. We walked under two-ton crystal...
the weight of ingratitude
The week leading up to Christmas took an unexpected turn around here. My heart...
when you’re bare but not barren
I'm nestled under white down beneath slanted ceiling. I got the message...
what is naming you?
You know what today is, right? Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. A day we remember...
fire and boxing christmas up–or not
I give the switch on the cord a quick twist, then stand back and admire the...
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