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Grace  enters the kitchen, breathless and covered with early morning mist. In her hand she holds a few small roses from our garden, presents for Mommy. “You don’t let me get flowers for you from the store,” she says, “so I have to get them from outside.” She asks me for a little vase or… Continue reading Lessons from Cut Flowers

  Dearest Abigail, I wrote to you the week you were born to recount the story of your birth, to etch the words in a forever memory, never to be forgotten. The day when you entered our lives. Today, I want to do the same thing. For the same reason. So that I never forget… Continue reading A Letter to my Third Daughter on Her First Birthday

Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of… Continue reading Asleep in the Storm