coming Up for Air

Diggity trots beside me on the street which runs along the bayou. The waters are content this morning and reflect houses and docks on the opposite bank. The mirrored effect of twin roofs and windows, trees, and rows of posts marching out into the water where they meet themselves, enlarges my breath and I smile. …

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January Reset

My neighbor stood on his ladder and unclipped Christmas lights from his gutter, while I, in my living room, snugged baby Jesus and His parents in a box to sleep until next year. Slowly colors disappeared, one light, one Christmas ball at a time, and we’re left with what feels like the longest month of …

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Surprise!

Click, scroll, click.  Our family exchanges lists for Christmas gift-giving. This eases the awkward moment of unwrapping a well meant gift, but one that doesn’t “fit” the person unwrapping it. With online shopping’s easy buy, easy wrap, no searching, and no angst, I click my family’s links and enter credit card information which I’ve memorized …

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When Suffering Visits

Diggity barks behind our front windows like a rescue dog defending his forever home. A man wearing brown shorts flashes past to the porch, then back from where he came. A package! I scrabble to unlock the door, retrieve the package and holler, “Thank you,” before rushing back in the house with a taped box …

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Home, Sweet Home

The broiling air felt delicious after spending the morning in air conditioning. I sat in the shade of a grandfather oak in the backyard of a rental house. The Texas heat contained only trace amounts of humidity, so it felt as if a giant oven door tipped open. I relaxed in the Adirondack chair and …

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Over and Under

Deep calls to deep At the roar of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have gone over me. Psalm 42:7 Waves barrel, one after the other, allowing just enough time to kick and claw up to the border of air and no air, only to encounter a foot of wet foam and another …

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The Red Pen

School starts this week! Teachers staple the last bulletin boards and finish lesson plans, while parents count outfits and figure schedules. Some years ago, I taught 6-9th grade sciences. Some years filled me with anticipation each morning, but other years, I counted the days until the students ran with backpacks bouncing into summer. The batch …

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OoooH.

Oh, The depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! That brief two-lettered word, oh, can communicate so many different things. Consider some nuances just by adding a partner word. Oh, really? Oh, no! Oh, yeah? Oh, my. Oh, oh. Then, there’s the single word, oh, standing solitary as it does at the …

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