I began to lose my eyesight during the summer of 2003. I didn’t notice it at first. I had enough going on trying to figure out my litigation assistant job, trying to be grown-up enough to live on my own and pay my bills and live in my own place. I suppose I thought I [...]

I found it in the mirror on a spring morning during the second semester of my second year of college. They say that a woman in love has a glow about her, something secret in her eyes. I’d never believed it until I looked at myself in that mirror and realized something had changed. It [...]

We were talking about him, God and I. I remember the way the midday sun hit the red brick on the portico outside the main building, the way I was whining like a child about missing him. Well, maybe not that bad. I had just told God I’d like to see him when he came [...]

I slogged through 22 credits during the spring semester of my Bible college year to graduate, slogged through the unspoken pain of my own world, questioning my salvation, questioning everything I had ever known. They (the undefined “they” who always know) say the best place to lose your faith is at Bible college – they [...]

The sun is rising this morning after a week of dark. I know what it’s gonna reveal here – mostly brown and dead and leftover wet – but I seriously can’t wait for the light. I used to be spectacularly good at putting on an act, doing what I was supposed to do. Now, I’m [...]

My Pip was out on the back deck the day after it snowed here, making snow angels in half an inch of snow. I watched her, even snapped a few pictures out the open door, holding the moment, making a memory. My eyes wandered downward to the sheltered part of the deck that wasn’t covered [...]

I tell Piper that prayer isn’t anything hard – it’s just telling God about her day. I tell her that He likes it when she talks to Him. Every night I tell her that He loves her more than we ever could. I tell her these things because I believe them. Because they are simple [...]