I realized that those having life in them desire life beside them. Life attracts life.
God’s Coming to Connect
Category: Memoirs
Here you will find short memoir essays.
Giving Reflections on Thanks
Before everyone arrives with hot casseroles and forced conversations, it’s quiet. It’s dark and soundless, except for the occasional jingle of the dog’s collar. The coal stove glows orange inside, reminding me of ET’s heart.
Parallel Play
A letter to my grandmother
the Benefits of Chewing
Chewing food properly I guess is important. I didn't know! I was in a desperate state of bloat at the book store – hiding out in the diet and nutrition section, hoping I might meet a fairy god mother, who would wave her special wand, like with Cinderella and poof-flat belly. No luck, but I … Continue reading the Benefits of Chewing
The Distance Between Us
My sister lives on a lake in Maine.
Breaking Bread
a food memoir Communion in the church is partaking of a tiny piece of stale cracker, broken off from a larger piece. Everyone eats together, this represents Jesus’s body. We eat together, we understand together, we live life together. Food, people, Jesus, forgiveness, it’s all wrapped up in that one ceremony which teaches us -by … Continue reading Breaking Bread
The Learning Curve
I learned cursive in 3rd grade, like everyone else born pre- laptops and i phones. However, for the past 30 years, I have chosen a different sort of penmanship, a unique blend of print, created cursive and imagined letters. I never embraced my learned cursive. I rejected it, perhaps because I didn't want to follow … Continue reading The Learning Curve
Fly Away Home
As parents we are always sending our children off into the world. From the moment they are born we begin the process of separation. It’s easy to forget in the day to day business of living, that our job as parents is to set our people free, let them fly, give them wings so they … Continue reading Fly Away Home
Into Winter
My Memory of a dog bite in the face There was a bite in the air. A sharp chill that reminded us summer was long gone, but winter had not yet taken over. It’s mostly a transition time, a period of turning and changing when plans are carved out, but not always understood. It’s … Continue reading Into Winter
My Faith Place 