“…We’re the clay and you’re our potter.…” – Isaiah 64:8    If you drove through Leesburg, VA and continued through the endless emerald hills of Virginia, you might stumble upon an unpaved lane. One lined with fenced fields and speckled with trees. You might see an inviting blue home with a quaint white barn nestled […]

Muscles quiver in perpetual tension Ready constraint that that stirs the horse before its race. Suspense filled cages waiting for the starting sound.  Feet painting dusty anxious steps.  Eyes melded to the gate. Heart longing for flung wide movement that signals release. Next to me, neighbors mirror this push.  Every individual trapped in a barred […]

A dining room chair scrapes along the linoleum floor as its scooted to make room. Taking her place at the dining table the girl surveys the night’s meal. Thrown together in haste, quick elements that taste mediocre and yet are filled with love. Served with an extra helping of frustration and angst from a teenage […]

Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday toooo MEEEEE. Happy birthday to me. YAY! Another day of quarantine *sigh…Yup, It’s hard for me to get too excited here. Aside from the external factors that have made truly celebrating difficult there is also the tinge of “celebration” guilt that seems to creep in. […]