It’s funny what sticks in your mind. I don’t recall many details from the classes I took in high school with Mr. Ross, but I do remember three items. 1) The stories he told about...
Do you ever struggle with how to help someone?
Why can't life be guided by traffic signals? Red light? Stop! Green light? Full speed ahead!
Why can’t the space between “You’re to...
You prayed, and she still died.
You persevered, and he still walked out.
You took them in and provided a home of safety, nurturing, and love, and the court took them away, sending them back into a...
The girl crouched in the dim basement, hammer in hand, downing an emotional cocktail of shame and determination.
One blow. Two. Three. That should be enough. She examined the strike site. Greenish...
Did you ever have that classmate, friend, or sibling who won every game? Because they were older, faster, smarter. Or designated themselves as play-master and invented such complex rules there was...
Today, students, we’re starting with a quiz. What name would you give this set? {grasshoppers, corn, minnows, worms, crickets} Tick…tick…tick…Time’s up! And the...
Being a Kansas farm girl, I can relate to Dorothy from L. Frank Baum’s classic story, The Wizard of Oz. More than once growing up we dashed into the basement for protection from a nearby...
Hers was a pregnancy she'd never planned.
It’s entirely unfair! Instead of residing in my homeland – arguably the world’s preeminent nation – I’m traipsing around with...
Sundays growing up meant –
-- morning chores in the barn,
-- hurried breakfast,
-- fussing with my two brothers about who was/wasn’t staying on their side of the “line”...
“You already have everything you need.”
Well, that’s depressing!
If this is true, the future does not look bright. There’s still too much ignorance and immaturity in me to...
“Hey, kiddo, go tell your brothers dinner is ready.”
A smiling face nodded, and feet traipsed around the corner, stopping at the bottom of the stairs.
“Mom says to get down here...
Solemn-faced officials stepped slowly down the aisles, scanning the crowd, ensuring those standing had their right hand raised and were repeating aloud the words the dignitary behind the podium...
