“I watched him stretch his arms wideout, out, out into the misty gray air,reaching up as if to hug the sky who looked so melancholy.He was grinning from ear to ear, his eyes sparkling, his chest bellowing,with laughter, with joy, with hope.I watched him from behind a foggy window, trapped in my little world of …
When Winter Stays…
Seasonal depression. It’s real. Although I’ve never been diagnosed with it and I can’t say for certain that I’ve experienced it, I think I have at least an inkling of a feeling of what its like. The Winter season is hard for me sometimes. I hate the feeling of being cooped up inside, I hate …
w a s t e l a n d.
For days I’d been living in a wasteland.My heart was tired. My spirit was spent. I had wandered from the refuge of the promised landand I was dying of thirst. God looked down on me with his arms crossed.“My child, aren’t you tired of living this way?Aren’t you ready to come home?” But I refused …
Make Every Day Valentines Day.
So it’s the day after Valentines Day. You’re probably feeling some sort of relief. You might be in a relationship and you’re just glad that the pressure is over to plan the right date, buy the right flowers and write the perfect card. Or you might be single and you’re relieved that you no longer …
He Knows What We Need.
I wonder what it was like to be her. She was so young. Some scholars say she could have been as young as 13. I imagine her to be fairly ordinary as far as her appearance goes. She probably had dirty feet, maybe frizzy hair, a blemish or two on her face… I doubt she …