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Hallelujah

Diane shared this song with Josh and me tonight, touching my heart. It was a great holiday and most fun to spend time as a family together. We did all the things families should do, spend time together, talk, shop, share stories, play games, have family dinners and tonight in Diane’s way we worshiped togetherContinue reading “Hallelujah”

He laid bricks…

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Time Capsule.” There are a significant times in the life when you feel the favor of God. Sometimes we have to search high and low in hope that the day will come.  Other times surprisingly favor falls right into your lap. These are the times in lifeContinue reading “He laid bricks…”

Red Apple Grenade

I thought we were going to make pie. The building was a 20 story round tower filled with young minds on a quest for knowledge. The rooms were connected together by a common hallway and bathroom in each with four bedrooms that made up a suite. The young men were strangers but soon would shareContinue reading “Red Apple Grenade”

Fifteen Credits

Oddly enough I have thought about being in school all day yesterday. I was grading a pile of papers and planning a trip to New England next weekend.  My thoughts keep rewinding to being at student in the college. Even though I am lecturing at the University and not a student, the energy of the classroomContinue reading “Fifteen Credits”

Memories of the Salerno Cookie

The other day when I was at the grocery store there was  box of cookies starring me in the face. Usually not interested in the store box cookie, this blue box had a magnetic draw to the cart. It was impossible to determine the cause, so it was simply checked out with the rest ofContinue reading “Memories of the Salerno Cookie”

I don’t feel my hair.

“Hey monkey how are you tonight?”, Lucas say’s to his daughter London on the phone.  “I am fine Dad leave me alone, you are always on my back, I am fine”, London stated defensively. London hung up the phone as Lucas sat at his kitchen table in Vermont. He worries about London all the time.Continue reading “I don’t feel my hair.”

Ap-pre-ci-ate

Nathaniel felt like a failure. Everything in his life had fallen apart since he flunked out of college. The stress was too much to handle. The end of his relationship with his girlfriend, spiraling grades and students loans stacking as high as the bank building downtown. It started one morning when he woke up aloneContinue reading “Ap-pre-ci-ate”