4am and lost in thought. Thinking of dreams unrealized and promises broken. Leadings of God not followed and the unhappy consequences of those actions. Praying a little. “God, you know what I want to do with my life, right?”, even as I look forward at the years which lie ahead to realize that the number …
Celie…I can taste your tears.
Numb. I am numb. When I do feel, It is pain. Which rushes in like ocean waves And slam into me, Then ebb away Until again, I am numb. My fingers have no feeling. They are sticks extending from my palms. My tongue can taste no food. A useless organ taking up space In my …
Root Them Out
Today's thoughts. I face painted a twin boy, once, whose twin had died. He was four or five. His mother told me in whispers that the brother died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head. His father in prison. He hit the child too hard in anger. It is difficult to convey …
Missing
You are a thread. Thick, Strong, Vibrant. And you've been woven into the lives of the people who surround you. If you suddenly go missing, You will destroy the pattern of the tapestry. For a pattern has already been designed And the Master Weaver sits at the loom Making it reality. But we have a …
Build Your Life
The things that matter take time. I love instant happy. Who doesn't love instant happy? But lives take time to build. They aren't instantly successful. Friendships take time to build. The real ones. And merging lives? That is like getting up every day and going to work. You must pour into that project on a …
“We Are Going To Be Together!”
This morning on the radio, I listened as the staff surprised a mother and her children with Christmas gifts. Their story: They lost the father/husband to cancer a while back. If it wasn't tragic enough that this family had to bury the daddy, their mother was diagnosed with cancer. Though she fought it valiantly - …
Helen and I.
Helen Keller.A bright child; she had learned to talk a bit before she grew ill with a ruthless fever that plunged her into darkness, isolating her from parents that loved and adored her.There was no way to reach her or alleviate her suffering.I cannot imagine what it must have been like to adjust to »nothing« …
Leadership
There were times, I am sure, when Fletcher Christian regretted his decision. Captain Bligh must have made things so miserable, that Christian felt he had no other recourse. He is remembered and quoted as saying, "I am in hell. I am in hell." on that mutinous night. The diverse outcomes were ruinous for many. It …
