(the blue moon hanging above Windy Ridge last night–and the same moon that hung over David ) When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? (written […]
Category: my heart
21 years ago it was our wedding day. I vaguely recall Levi kissing my cheek and whispering “happy anniversary” early this morning before he left for work. A few hours later I woke up squished between our 9th & 10th child and felt blessed. Marriage isn’t always easy and we have had some really rough […]
Yesterday was about as hard as it gets for a mother. About as hard as it gets for my boy, too. A day of rock bottoms and broken hearts that brought us to our knees—-which happens to be a most beautiful place. I tuned out the world I drove and I grieved and I prayed. As […]
Brother bird has flown away for good. He cocked his curious little head this way and that and then he sailed away into the great wide open. I thought perhaps he would come back again, but not this time. This bird happened into my life during a really hard summer and for a season he […]