[Compiled from the first week’s worth of entries in a little journal I started keeping called “Letters to a Student Teacher.”]Dear Student Teacher, The journey has begun, and yes – you are still breathing. You might even be smiling right about now that you successfully came through the first week alive. Don’t worry. It will… Continue reading Dear Student Teacher …
“The Ides of March” Series … Prompt #28 – “Write the horizon at dusk.”The horizon is melting into liquid colors of gold, amber, russet, and mauve … the colors are bending and fusing into rays of unspeakable shades, one indistinct from another. The lights of day that gave us so much energy and focus are… Continue reading Fragments of the Day
“The Ides of March” Series … Prompt #26 – “Someone’s playing the piano” Someone’s playing the piano … and immediately, peace rushes over my tired & stressed brain. How often have I said that I’d like to just hire someone to play the piano for me? Nothing else is quite the soothing balm to my… Continue reading Someone’s Playing the Piano …
The ending wasn’t loud. Well, at least not to the rest of the world. In Marietta’s world, it crashed close with the piercing cry of cymbals. All the pristine possibilities that had once laid wide open were now gone, blown away by the finality of that ending. At first she thought she’d never breathe properly… Continue reading The Chapter Ended
“The Ides of March” Series … Prompt #23 – “A scene from your story.”This is from my “one-day book” … the one I’m terrified to write, yet which burns within me like a secret dying to come spilling out. The characters have become my friends, the story-line my favorite, yet there is still so much… Continue reading In the Shadows Flickering
“The Ides of March” Series … Prompt #21 – “A list of sounds from the day.”From Friday, March 21st:– The ring of the phone too early in the morning … bringing sadness with the bearing of its news. – The alarm chirping into my sleep. – The alarm chirping again ten minutes later … –… Continue reading The Sounds that Fill My Day
“The Ides of March” Series … Prompt #19 – “On the Eve of the Wedding”Forgive me for being behind … the past couple of days have been rather grueling! So I’m skipping Prompt 18 & going straight to 19, because this particular memory makes me smile like none other. The eve of any wedding is… Continue reading On the Eve of the Wedding
“The Ides of March” Series … Prompt #17: “Use the first post you see on Facebook as inspiration.”PATIENCE. In one moment of prayer, you resolve to sweetly be filled with patience the day long. The next moment, someone’s texting you saying they’re canceling … or you find out that someone didn’t do what they were… Continue reading Dare to be Patient
I read the popular blog post “My Husband is Not My Soul Mate” last summer when it was floating around Facebook, and it bothered me. It bothered me a lot. At first I wasn’t sure exactly why. I did agree with much of what she had to say – that she was choosing to love… Continue reading When Theology Collides With "Soul Mates"
“The Ides of March” Series … Prompt #15 – “This is how lonesome feels.” “Not a person seems to know. Not a person seems to care. There is no one who believes a thing I say…“Well, I’m fairly certain At one time or other, Great thinkers all feel this way …“I’m all alone in the… Continue reading Teach Her Not to Be Alone
