Old Friends

Old Friends

I heard an old Simon and Garfunkel song on the oldies radio station the other day. Old Friends. It is an autobiographical song about the songster’s friendship- projecting what it would look like many years down the road, “sitting on a park bench like...
Pantomime

Pantomime

As we go through this life, often we never know what is hiding behind someone’s happy face. Sometimes it is unspeakable pain and sometimes it is unheralded bravery. As Believers, we can understand that this is part of the purpose of showing the love of Jesus to...
The Potty Wars

The Potty Wars

“What? Those kids are moving up, and we’re…mmm… not?” “Just for now until your toddler is 100 percent potty trained,” the school director said. Maybe I can travel to the moon to meet an astronaut, I thought to myself going to the car as...

Explosive!

One summer when I was in my teens, I accompanied my grandmother on her seasonal trek from smoldering Texas to cool Colorado.  No one ever came to visit my grandmother with an expectation of a lazy, relaxing summer vacation. Everyone was to stay busy and didn’t fuss...

You Can Make It!

Our next-door neighbor came to our house requesting for my father. My mother said he wasn’t home. Mom was reluctant to keep the door ajar since the woman was never pleasant. She was boorish to my parents that their old car’s muffler was rambunctious, or...