Remember the Corn
Dear Little Faith, Remember last spring when you wrote that piece about corn? Remember how you photographed fields of weeds by your house and said how the farmers weren’t able to plant because of the cold and the wet? Remember how you said everyone was wondering if they’d ever be able to seed the ground […]
A Perfect Prayer
O Lord, my God, our God, I am overcome. I rise this morning overcome with your beauty, your majesty, your absolute perfection. All these years I have tried to overcome my perfectionism and suddenly, instantly, I am embracing. Because you have caused me to realize that my longing for perfect is really my longing for […]
Mountain Tops
Sometimes when one travels afar and ascends slopes to view summits, clouds cover. Sometimes when we dig in and climb hard, we still can’t see the heights. We end up short and feel cheated—defeated. Driving two and a half hours to the base of Mt. Rainier, an active volcano standing majestic at 14, 410 feet […]
Hard to Swallow
Honestly, you would think this place is for the birds! These days, I feel like I’m sort of living in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. No matter where I go, I’m squawked at and swooped down upon and pooped on by some angry bird mom who sees me as a threat to her brood. Telling her […]