saving face…why?

One day last week, I woke up in the middle of the night and the words, “I am so lonely!” shot out of my mouth. I don’t remember this ever happening before. The feeling that accompanied this outburst was despair. It was a dark moment. I felt like I might be dying. It passed quickly,…

Leaving our mark on the world

A few weeks ago, I went on a trip with my brother to Florida. On our drive back home, we stopped at a Wendy's in North Carolina. The woman who took our order was in her 40's or 50's...I couldn't really tell, but she had a light within her that felt like a warm hug.…

posing for life

I am always surprised when I look at the photographs that I put on my blog. They appear so much nicer (my house looks bigger, the furniture nicer, the rugs more plush) than my life really looks. What I have shown to the world is the "cleaned up" version. I always vacuum, straighten up, and…