“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Continue reading “a fairy first year!”
it’s the monday giggles…
(Possibly) A True Story.
Main Characters
FEMALE: mid-50’s, bubbly, Christian, a redhead.
GOLDEN-RETRIEVER: magical, soft, and named Helen.
MULTIPLE FAMILY & FRIENDS: varying ages, intelligent, conscientious, civic-minded, gracious, & sensible.
ONE extraordinary INDIVIDUAL: (Who shall remain Anonymous, forever.)
Scene One
The sewing of masks.
Redheaded female spends several days sewing CDC recommended face masks to be shared with family and friends in need. Female hums lightly a variety of JJ Heller melodies over the din of the sewing machine. Redhead’s golden-retriever comes in and out of scene periodically to sit beside female, which always produces a warm smile from the redhead.
Scene ends with redhead stacking all completed masks in a pile, tidying up her sewing area and departing the sewing room holding the stack of face masks tucked in her arms, as she turns off the light in the room with a full heart.
“…that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.”
1 Corinthians 15:4
Lent has drawn to an end…
It has not been an easy lent,
but rather – a Holy one.
And I believe many, if not most of us, with all that is going on in the world, can attest to this same feeling.
When was the last time you can remember a lent of suffering – alongside Jesus – such as this?
Our Church, our World, our Community, our Families –
each have experienced a tremendous level of suffering, in one form or another.
And yet…
Continue reading “…3 days”
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