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Charlotte Bronte once said it: “I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” I think of the truth in Charlotte’s words when Marie Therese tells me her life philosophy in a few simple words. Marie Therese speaks through an interpreter, but she looks right at me when she’s talking, like maybe […]
I found her in the church nursery, next to the toy bin. Her little hands gripped the edge of a rocking chair. She looked at me, eyes pooled with disappointment. “Honey. What’s wrong?” But I didn’t need to ask the question. I knew. I pulled the door shut behind me, muffling the sounds of women gathering around […]
No bells or neon lights. No billboards or glossy ads. No multi-million-dollar Super Bowl commercials announcing the news. He could have, you know. He could have slid in on a red carpet, with spotlights and strobe-lights and flash-bulb lights flashing. He could have gone viral on YouTube. He could have secured a spot on the Nightly News […]
Feet dangling in patent-leather, I sat on the polished pew while the Christmas pageant director assigned parts. I held my breath, waiting as she called names. I dreaded this moment, for I knew I’d be instructed to serve as a sheep or cow. Each year, she would assure us that those lowing, humble barn-dwellers were “important” pieces of the story. […]
I’m parked at the end of our country lane, right by the Lee mailbox and a long row of hay bales, all of them draped in frost. I watch the sun rise right up over our fields, cutting a hole through the fog. I’m surprised by the beauty. My two schoolgirls, in the backseat, gasp. I snap frame after frame while we wait for the schoolbus. […]