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We Weren’t Made to Walk Alone

I was followed by an assailant while walking in the woods last week. He was dark haired, had a muscular build and Spock-like ears. And four furry legs. I was twice his weight, but I’m all bark, and not much bite. I could NOT say the same for this guy. I need you to walk with me here, because I’ve been too afraid to go walk back there. Alone. So I was about a quarter mile in, with only the sound of squirrels and my tennis shoes crunching through leaves. Then I spotted him way up ahead, before abruptly u-turning and peeling gravel as I swiveled. I bent down and grabbed … [Read More...]

He Wrote You a Letter

I want to invite you to my Sunday school Valentine message. In my car. While driving up a mountain, talking about adultery. With my family in tow. Where’s the bulging eye emoji when I need one? We’d left the I Spy game about 60 miles behind us, and lobbed quiz game questions back and forth. “What’s the A stand for in the classic book, The Scarlet Letter? The one the lady had to wear wherever she went?” Then, “Mom, what’s adultery?” I gulped down half my Starbucks coffee before the other half came spewing back out of a single nostril. I’d … [Read More...]

Well Done, Woman!

I met a woman at a Well in South Carolina. And just like the one in the Bible, she’s worth meeting and dying for, and worth me resurrecting a blog for. Her name is Nations Myers, Director of the Potter’s House, Saluda, a non-profit serving children and families in need. And today she’s running for city council. The first time I met her, I was running for cover, mad at God and disappointed in myself. Overnight and underwater, we had joined thousands in our Louisiana community whose homes and jobs were flooded. That was just the year before, the week of my last post, and before my keyboard … [Read More...]

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