Category: I believe in prayer

  • Depression settles into me like a fine dust, obscuring reality just enough to be an annoyance. It reminds me of the dust storms in the Texas panhandle my grandmother told me about – one minute its a sunshiny day, you're going about your business, whistling … and then this darkness rolls in, seeping into every…

  • "Those that will learn to pray, let them go to sea." – George Herbert Welsh, poet 17th century I'm thinking of the pristine beaches of northern Florida …so many memories in my heart … the kids digging in the sand, building castles, gathering shells, snorkeling and bodysurfing …the deserted stretch we lucked upon last summer,…

  • I will not think about food today. I will not think about the crunchy, dry-roasted peanuts I always have mid-morning … or the healthy salmon salad and triscuits I'd probably have for lunch … the Sweet 'n Salty Almond granola bar … the sweet Clementine oranges … the almonds  … the banana … the slice…

  • A friend emailed me yesterday, wishing me a happy belated birthday, and explaining that she was late because one day in late March "I was going to work when a 22 old girl ran a red light and hit me.  She never even looked so no brakes were applied so I got the whole slam.  I am…