When I saw Bella Grace Magazine on the shelf at Barnes two years ago, I was smitten, at first glance.
Then at first touch, it felt as though my hands landed on a texture they had been in search of for decades.The cover is smooth and lustrous and perfect. The inside is a soul-surge.For two years,…
Thor and Dianna are survivors.
They both have a survivor story, one that at the heart of every survivor story reveals two things: the soul perseveres through dire circumstances and rises above that which could have once destroyed. It is here, I must pause to tell you that human beings are not the only survivors because…
I had an endometriosis flare-up and stayed home from church. I was barely standing because of pain and I was in process of preparing potatoes for a breakfast hash so that I could take some pain meds when my phone chimed with a text from a dear friend, Stacy.“Hey you, there’s something for you at…
A riptide is a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea. The war between tides occurs underwater, catching lazed beachgoers off guard and violently pulling them out into the deep for miles. Even the greatest swimmers panic and try to fight these violent waves to return to shore. They…
This past week, I hosted a four-day, four-course cooking class for ten girls from a local non-profit serving the area's underprivileged girls. The girls each had a story laced with one tragedy after another, but there were two girls- Vicky and Jan - whose stories made me cringe and cry. The first day the director…
The pink Azalea died.
I noticed and mourned its absence this morning, just as I had witnessed and celebrated its appearance a few weeks ago.
It was the only one of its kind blooming on a shrub of white azaleas.
I wonder now if the shrub with its glorious green leaves would have summoned and captivated me so…