I brought her in the house to die, but she didn’t. Rosalina is one of my original twelve hens…actually eleven, because Wendell turned out...

She remembered things differently from what I could recall. Seasoned in some ways, I couldn’t see what was right in front of me. Despite...

Yesterday, I was having a good day, which really wouldn’t seem extraordinary except there just haven’t been a whole lot of them lately. A...

The elastic was stretched thin on the worn red cotton gingerbread-printed pajama pants. My second-hand find from years ago slipped...

At first glance, I wondered if it was just an enormous burn pile. My first memories place me under the tree in the yard of my early...

“Mom, why is your garden really empty right now?” The words of my five-year-old came from a place of curiosity. The corn stalks that had...

Last year, they were probably heard screaming through to the second floor of the clinic, and there were fights…battles…battles that they...

As we pulled up the long drive to my friend’s house, we were greeted enthusiastically by a little girl, the picture of sunshine, wielding...

“Everything is either a blessing or a lesson.” Who was it that said that, anyway? Maybe, some things can be both of those at the same...

Love, young love, I hope you are well. At least we now both Have a story to tell. —Keaton Henson, “Sarah Minor” I should have known by...

I had a dream that I lost little Gabriel, only he was somehow also Moses. We were at a medical appointment at a hospital. He was with me...

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” —Matthew 11:28 Many of you probably do not know that Dan Ihm,...

If our eyes are windows to our souls, the other features certainly help with interpretation. The thoughts are higher, bigger, and more...

As a little girl, on my sick days from school, the best part of the day was the half hour when I could sit in my dad’s recliner in my...

The fireball sun recalled orange-slice smiles and puddle stained skirts from the day’s careless frolics. She was unconcerned with the...

I would always have someone with me, and I would never be lonely, not ever again. At twenty-four, and I was about to have my first baby....

It’s helpful, necessary, and smart. It’s good practice. Also, it’s terrifying. There’s no more solace to be found in the garden these...

It was hard to discern where the brilliant blue sky became the ocean’s choppy waves, where the hope looked more like fear. From his...

Monday had a promising start: the sun shone brightly, and I had a few minutes to spare before I would be meeting my longtime friend, so I...

“Don’t let anyone say that it’s just a game…” A friend mentioned that in just a few weeks, it will be time for pitchers and catchers to...