During worship service on Sunday, November 5, a gunman opened fire inside and out of the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small community east of San Antonio, Texas. Twenty-six church members, ranging in age from five to seventy-two, didn’t survive the attack. My heart breaks for their families. News sources report the gunman…
Category: Young Adult
Terrible, horrible bad news
Imagine the worst thing that could happen. Then, multiply it by three. My 15-year-old friend ran away from home with her two friends last week. Within twenty-four hours, they had shoplifted, interfered with a police officer, and stolen three cars, each from a different county. None had a driver’s license. They wrecked the last car,…
Gunning for the light
Our neighbor noticed a small bump in his driveway. Over the course of a few weeks, it grew larger and larger, finally breaking the asphalt. What on earth could rupture something so thick and hard? Unable to contain our curiosity, we pulled back the cracked edges and discovered a beige, rubbery substance. My neighbor poked…
The last show in Georgia
I was honored to attend the last Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus performance in Georgia. We watched it ringside last night at the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth. It was everything I remembered from when we took our children to see it at Philips Arena in Atlanta. Except, well, the elephants. Yes, it was…
My one-eyed cat
Can you tell in the left photograph that her eyes are different colors? This observation triggered our first veterinary visit. Bella is seven years old and had the most beautiful golden eyes until about a year ago when I noticed one had darkened. The veterinarian said not to worry, eye color change is very common…