My house is in the post-holiday jumble, it’s just about time to “take down Christmas” although, I have grown quite fond of the warm sparkle the little white lights provide.
Taking Down Christmas
Category: Memoirs
Here you will find short memoir essays.
Fat Defined
The day my butt looked fat I knew something had to change.
A Pair of Pink Pants
I was 5 years old and just about to start kindergarten. It would be my first school experience. I was probably afraid, nervous and feeling insecure, but I didn’t say all that. Often times we don’t say what we feel, but rather behave how we feel.
The Greater Good
I found a solitary letter among my grandmother’s journals. My grandmother, Mim, died when I was 18, therefore, her words are haunting and precious, revealing emotions forgotten and buried.
My Mothers Flock
PART I I can remember coming into the house after school. The front door was at the end of a long hallway, which led to our kitchen. Just inside the kitchen doorway, to the left, was a small, oak, rectangular table pushed up against the wall, with a warm light above it and a few … Continue reading My Mothers Flock
Anticipating Jesus’ Return
even after 40 years, the wilderness was not their home, this barren thirsty valley of death and doubt, suffering and disobedience, is not where they would stay and it’s not where we will stay.
The Burning Bed
We are here. My sisters and I. Three separate lives, occasionally crossing paths; passing and embracing one another. Here is our story in bits and pieces of my imperfect memory from my faulty perspective. Forgive me, hate me, love me, but laugh and cry and feel and accept and enjoy the places we have been together here on earth and look forward to the place we will spend eternity together in heaven.
My Butterfly Prayer
We have been blessed to live here in this home for the past 13 years. We have had no direct instruction from God to move, and yet my spirit reels and groans to move forward. I feel my soul pressing, pressing against the sides of my dwelling place. Against the walls, and the floors, and … Continue reading My Butterfly Prayer
On Saying Goodbye
There are countless hard things in life. Death and burial, divorce and betrayal, moving out and moving on, are just a few that come to my mind. Anything that happens to us or near us, that forces us to say goodbye, can be difficult. In these challenging moments, let’s face it, we want to disappear … Continue reading On Saying Goodbye
My Faith Place 