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Something Ventured, Something Gained by Laura Lynn Brown He was such a gentleman that he wouldn’t come over to my apartment alone and let me cook for him. And it wasn’t even a date. It was two friends having dinner. We’d known each other for years. At a chance meeting, he had told me […]
There was nothing magical about it, but everything about it was magical. I looked out across her yard to behold the simple beauty of one long table decked out in creamy plates and silver forks and crayons and mismatched chairs. There was a place for everyone, and everyone had a place — right there on […]
A little girl, her face round with wonder, finds me in the church kitchen, where I’m plugging in a crock-pot full of BBQ meatballs. “Jennifer,” she tugs at my sweater. “I brought cupcakes, and I frosted them all by myself.” I bend down, so I can see her eye to eye. I tell her to […]
I’ve felt that old familiar feeling — the anxiety swelling in the deep of me. On days like these — if you look close — you would know. You would see it in my slumped shoulders, my slow steps, my eyes. Yes, you’d see it in the eyes. You know that feeling, too? You’ve felt the crick in the […]
It was late on a Monday night in 2008. I opened up the laptop, and wrote these words: “I want heartburn. I pray that it’s chronic. When I first fell in love with Jesus, it was as if God lit a match in my heart and said, OK, watch this. Let’s see what happens next. […]