The other day I stopped to grab a coffee where the barista and I chatted about our strange, not-so-normal world we now live in.  “It has to eventually get better, right? I mean things have to be safe enough to return to normal at some point?” She lamented as she handed me my coffee. Amen sister. But if I’m being… Read More

The sun never came out today. It came up, just not out. Well, at least it didn’t appear to. It poured heavy, sullen raindrops all day long and it broke my 11-year-old’s heart. We’ve been blessed the last few weeks with some gorgeous sunshine here in the PNW, until these past few days. Today the rain fell mercilessly upon the dry,… Read More

The visitor arrived on the third Friday in September of my fifth-grade year. It slithered its way in unannounced, descending upon our home and bringing with it a canopy of sorrow. During a perfectly normal afternoon, somewhere between afternoon snacks and the excitement of Friday night football, I was introduced to death. I became acquainted with death in the same… Read More