I woke up out of a dead sleep and grabbed my phone just an hour ago. Katie had sent a message to let me know she just landed back on Korean soil after a few weeks stateside, some of that time staying with me. I had been thinking of her all week so I guess, …
My church sends out a greeting on the church thread each time someone has a birthday. Today, June 2nd was someone’s birthday. I sent an emoji happy birthday and then checked Marco Polo. My friend was down by the creek in her back yard and had recorded a video for me. As I made myself …
I was fresh out of high school, an only child, with a decision to make. My father had just graduated the past summer with his PhD and had accepted a new position in a different state. I’d spent my first four years of life in Texas, my next 13 in Southern Illinois in a college …
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision” – Helen Keller Rachel was 20 when I first met her. She was going to be my co-teacher in the afternoons at the classical academy where we both worked. I invited her to coffee before the school year began so that we …
I’d had a girls’ day with my friend. I remember exactly the old house turned gift shop we were in, the painted muted yellow woodwork and creaking wooden floors. The sample of fancy honey mustard on a pretzel stick tasted like heaven and I bought a jar because it made me feel fancy. I felt …
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