The freezer is stocked. Casseroles and quick meals enough to make pizza more of an entertaining outing than a necessity. The laundry is on its way...to fill their closets and my suitcase. School assignments are typed up and ready to be completed. My dining room table is filled with things for women and for orphans and for a long trek from here to there. I just have to pack it ...
Faith
FMF: Joy.
I remember the pitch black of an early African morning, heading out to "hunt" with friends in Masai Mara, looking for leopards, rhinos and a lot of adventure. The chill of the morning kept my eyes open, and I saw it. The sun rose like I never imagined. Not with a streak of light on the horizon like I'd seen so many times, but one enormous red ball all at once, an orb of fire suspended in the ...
Notes from Nana: What is your legacy?
Have you ever had deep thoughts…and then what actually comes out your mouth is so simple. I was thinking about the word legacy and the concept and how it applied to my life as my husband drove us over the Strong River and through the Mississippi woods to read at a school at the edge of our county. Out loud I only said: “What a legacy. All across America, everyone is reading!” Bill said, ...
FMF: Willing
Clenched fists. Heavy sighs. Rolling eyes. And short words. Almost every day. Math. I just cannot convince her.... She doesn't have to like it. She doesn't have to do it perfectly. She doesn't have to do it as well as anybody else. She only has to be willing... To try. To learn. To listen. To obey. To do her best. And, yet.... I look at others and see the ...