If I were playing Family Feud and the category in play was “Things that Pass” I think I could do pretty well. Because I teach seventh graders, I would have to say, “gas,” but I could quickly follow it up with “time,” “cars,” “storms,” and “kidney stones.” “People” pass and so do “traditions” and “family […]

I want to write. I want to work with words and communicate the things that are rattling around in my mind. I have a few ideas, but nothing that seems pressing or urgent or even necessary to get out. I know that those things will come. Those few ideas will ruminate and culminate into blog […]

Our holiday season was different this year. It started with deadly tornados ripping through our town. This event closed schools a week early for Christmas break and I found a God-given grace in the extra time it provided. Wally and I escaped town for a couple of nights to celebrate our December wedding anniversary (an […]