“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.” — Matthew 9:17 I’m going to blame this post on the books and their inability to stay autonomous… Continue reading Killin’ Me Some Darlins’
The word perseverance is rolling continuously like a news ticker through my thoughts these days. When something weird like that happens, I’ve found its best to sit up and take notice. There is usually a big lesson to be learned and right now I’m absorbing all I can about this one word. We recently attended… Continue reading “Be you, bravely…”
Have you ever dropped a stone in the calm waters of a pond? Plop. What a satisfying sound. Even better is picking up a handful of pebbles and slinging them out all at once. Plop, plop, plop! The ripples of each individual stone intersecting with its neighbor and then its neighbor’s neighbor, until eventually all… Continue reading The Ripples from a Doctor’s Story
I love junior high track. It’s all at once exciting and devastating, painfully awkward and surprisingly graceful. It’s that sport only a mother could love. Slow clap for the parents! You gotta be committed to organize your whole day around, I don’t know, maybe a combined total of two minutes of competition? I loved this… Continue reading Lessons from a Junior High Track Meet
I spend significant chunks of time reading words. In books, on a variety of screens, in magazines, on menus, in piles of mail. Words are everywhere and we take for granted their power because of the sheer numbers crowding into our eyes and ears everyday. Word overflow is one of the reasons I think picking… Continue reading A Single Word
The Story Place 