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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. […]
Aunt Gladys seemed more ready for Heaven than anyone I ever knew, but even when her body begged to go, she demanded more time on Earth. She told us that she was determined to outlive her four siblings. She saw herself as a sort of caretaker, I guess. So, she would will that heart of hers to keep on beating. It perplexed me, […]
I stand here, among the cypress and oak that cling to the banks of a Texas river. It’s one of those calm mornings, where the world is stretching awake soundless. I am a spectator to God’s quiet majesty, where the Creator has carved a notch in Earth by using a river — a long, intentional carving. And it […]
Hey old friend, I’ve never been good at goodbye. But time has a way of forcing these things, and even as I tap the keys, the clock on your wall ticks a steady march toward the inevitable. The moving truck comes tomorrow. Right now, I find myself back in the place where we first got to know each other: the nursery. […]
The last time I laced up my Asics for a run, the maples were undressing, dropping leafy garments on the ground. I stepped out onto our country lane, and jogged past gilded fields where combines would soon cut swaths through grain. I felt the pain stab through my heel, intensifying with each foot-fall. I had to stop. I retraced my steps up […]