Browsing Tag

hope

  • Musings

    On Believing

    Sometimes it seems like the rain will never end. Sometimes we are so soaked with grief that we cannot find the light. It has been two weeks since my brother was admitted into a…

    December 20, 2012
  • Musings

    Let it Rain

    Here they come, the clouds that hover heavy over my heart. I can hardly bear it, this season of grief that returns uninvited year after year. I sit on the porch swing with a…

    September 3, 2012
  • Musings

    Scarlet is the Color of Redemption

    How can I begin to share this story of such incredible grace and joy? I am overwhelmed again and again as I recall the events that have occurred this week, this year, concerning this…

    August 19, 2012
  • Musings

    Birthday Boy

    I realize my last two posts have had fire in them. My men have been burning off the woods and I just cannot resist the beauty that fire and smoke create. Yesterday was Johnny’s…

    March 23, 2012
  • Musings

    Change and Surrender

    When Annie brought them home last week, along with an exquisite handwritten note, they were in full bloom. These crimson tulips tumbled together in a vase that matched their cheerful faces. Their song was…

    February 28, 2012