Waiting for the Amen …
It’s 3:00 on Thursday morning. I should be in bed, but the words are keeping me awake. Words I do not want to write. The dash on my mother’s timeline…
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Seeking and finding joy
From the Heart In the midst of a bleak midwinter … there was Joy. I found it in the sweetness of a recipe shared by my dear friend Mary Alice….
Voices of faith
From the Heart Jackie Carter, Laverne Houser, Donna Cecil McNeely, Hazel Box, Dollie Wainscott, Virginia Sherley, Freida Street and most of all, Audrey Hart. These women may not have known…
It’s personal
From the Heart “I’m sorry to let you know that your mother has tested positive for COVID.” The call came in on Sunday morning, this past week. Stacy, the Director…
Journaling my thoughts
From the Heart A journal is a notebook of thoughts, experiences and mental musings. When you look back at what you have written, you understand where you were mentally or…
A sense of security and control
From the Heart My sense of security relies on me being able to control what goes on in my world. Whoa Nellie, oh how the reins have clearly been grabbed…
November 4th
From the Heart Trepidation … a feeling of fear that causes you to hesitate because you think something bad or unpleasant is going to happen. Oh, trepidation, I know you…
My voice, my vote
From the Heart With Liberty and Justice for all … As I walked up the steps of the Hamilton County Judicial Center, I felt the weight of the envelopes I…
No good deed goes unpunished
From the Heart If you ever wonder what a mess it would be if an entire bag of grout tore open as you lifted it off the counter at the…
I’m sorry …
From the Heart Random thought … Love means never having to say “I’m sorry” for speaking the words I decided not to speak because I took the time to weigh…