I stood in the line at the checkout poring over every page of People magazine. Bread, eggs, breakfast cereal, and other groceries Mama took out of our grocery buggy rode the crawling conveyor belt to the clerk at the register while I kept reading. The music drifting through the aisles of Publix … [Read more...] about She Hid Her Eyes
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God Bless the Holdouts
While out walking our dog Duke the other night I noticed a new a trend in my neighborhood. Nothing spectacular enough to make the local nightly news or go viral on social media, which is something I still don't entirely understand. On that particular night though, as I walked down the … [Read more...] about God Bless the Holdouts
Rumplestiltskin started it
My mother introduced me to Rumplestiltskin when I was a little more than a toddler. One of my earliest memories is listening to her read from my book of fairy tales at bedtime. This book was special. Its cover was deep crimson, adorned with golden vines curly-cuing across the surface. The pages … [Read more...] about Rumplestiltskin started it
There shouldn’t be lizards in my freezer
The other night I dreamed that I opened my freezer and it was full of tiny, green lizards. Some were frozen solid and fell to the floor as soon as I opened the freezer door. Others were still very much alive and leaped from the freezer to go running all around my kitchen. Throughout the dream I kept … [Read more...] about There shouldn’t be lizards in my freezer
Farmer’s Logic
Farmers do not live cushy lives. For them, disaster seems to loom at the rising of the sun and lurks long after the sun sets on some days. On a daily basis they deal with death, drought, crop loss and destructive weather. To keep their spirits strong, they've developed a logic that carries them … [Read more...] about Farmer’s Logic
Three things I learned from failure
I have failed. Many, many times. In fact, I can honestly say I've failed more than I have been successful. In the midst of all those mess-ups, goofs, miss-steps, fell-flat-on-my-face bombs, I realized something. I learned three life lessons that will get me back on my feet, ready to dust myself off … [Read more...] about Three things I learned from failure
