Two years ago just as my neighbor, Barbara, left for a four-day trip, the florist delivered a bouquet of flowers to her door. The white hydrangeas- the star among colorful flowers - peaked out of the top of the plastic. The green stems, held in bondage with a rubber band, poked out at the…
My husband, Ontonio and I were born in the same hospital two days apart. I was born on the 13th of April, and he entered the world, and my heart, on the 15th. In the eyes of the law, we have been married for thirteen years. However, if you were to query my husband about…
At age 13, Dr. Nallette told my mother it was "Just bad cramps." I hated her then for minimizing the war inside my pelvis. An emergency doctor told me it could be STD's
and prescribed me antibiotics. One doctor said it was in my head
when he told…
Two years ago, our family of five packed a suitcase per person with all our favorite things, left ALL our belongings in California, boarded a plane and arrived in Panama City Beach. Today, it's a sunny, wanna-be-spring Saturday afternoon and I am sitting in my backyard surrounded by the arrival of pink chrysanthemums and a…
I have a village. It is comprised of people who were once strangers - each of them, near or far, contributing to the functioning of our family. As for the closest, Ms. Barbara is my eighty-one-year neighbor who loves Jesus, wine and my kids. Although we only met two years ago, my children…
Church began hours before Jonas and Silas Hudson rang the bell for Service at 10:30 a.m. last Sunday. Two hours before words and prayers of comfort entered wearied hearts, people gathered. Donors dropped off bottles of water, perishable foods, toiletries, flashlights, tarps, batteries, any and everything to assist those who were displaced, uprooted and left…