For the past week, I watched them unfold. A vase of tulips sat on my kitchen counter moving through one stage of intoxicating beauty to another, each day’s visual array outdoing the previous day. And a stinging yet joyful memory was aroused. My dad passed away this month two years ago. He bought me flowers. …
Month: January 2019
In Hope We Prosper – Day 19
What does it actually mean to prosper? If you start with the definition, you will read words like thrive, flourish, flower, bloom, blossom, burgeon, grow vigorously, expand, spread, improve, succeed, advance, get on in the world, go up in the world, arrive, fly high, make one’s mark, or become rich. With those words, I not…
In Hope We Prosper – Day 19
What does it actually mean to prosper? If you start with the definition, you will read words like thrive, flourish, flower, bloom, blossom, burgeon, grow vigorously, expand, spread, improve, succeed, advance, get on in the world, go up in the world, arrive, fly high, make one’s mark, or become rich. With those words, I not…
Persevere in Hope – Day 18
It’s 6:23 in the evening. The clock tells me it’s late to be writing. Yet my commitment to the keyboard still stands. The thoughts and feelings continue to swirl, and focusing becomes a challenge. For as hope remains my focus, the struggle brings tears. Tears that speak volumes with past hurts and indiscretions, tears…
Don’t Wait Until You’re Thirsty to Drink
It strikes when we least expect it. For the most part, we are content with life, and yet there is a longing for something out of our reach, a mirage on the horizon, a thirsting that can no longer be ignored.