Tag: featured

• An afghan as a symbol of regret…

  

  My husband noticed something was wrong. At first I hesitated. Then I told him, “No, it’s stupid.” “I can tell something is wrong, what is it?” “You’re going to think this is stupid. Actually, it is  stupid. Ridiculous… [long pause] “… Last night, I dreamed of an afghan.” Lest he think I meant an Afghan […]

  Sara

  May 10, 2014

  aging parents, character, Christian life, dementia, family, life, memories

  afghan, Alzheimer’s disease, featured, longform, memories, mom, mother, Mother’s Day, wplongform

• The more we pretend to read…

  

  I went on Facebook, saw I had a number of notifications, clicked to glance at the list, and then clicked “Mark as read.” Don’t ask me what was in the list. Don’t ask me any details. Certainly don’t give me any test over the material. But I did “read” them — about as intentionally as […]

  Sara

  December 8, 2013

  character, Christian life, education, life, teaching

  Fahrenheit 451, featured, Frederick Douglass, God’s Word, Jane Austen, longform, more/less, NaBloPoMo, Pride and Prejudice, Ray Bradbury, reading, students, The Bible, The Three Little Pigs, To Kill a Mockingbird, William Shakespeare, Word of God, wplongform

• A mere nineteen years ago…

  

  Most people call me a saint. Nineteen years ago I married a widow and his four children. At the time, people who knew just me thought it a perfect arrangement, as I had been widowed myself and always had desired to have a bunch of children. An instant family was a perfect solution. People who […]

  Sara

  November 19, 2013

  Christian life, family, Humor, life, memories

  anniversary, blind date, children, courtship, featured, marriage, NaBloPoMo, proposal

• When did I become an old fogie?

  

  Seriously. I am sitting in a hotel room in the dark, tapping, tapping at my keyboard (thought I was going to say “chamber door,” didn’t you? Just an allusion to Edgar Allan Poe… Thank you, literary friends.). I have been awake long enough to get a shower, hit the lobby for some coffee, and allow […]

  Sara

  November 5, 2013

  blogging, friends, Humor, life

  Ben Franklin, early to bed early to rise, featured, NaBloPoMo, old fogies, The Raven

• No longer worrying that “it could happen to me”…

  

  I’ve been reading the book of Job with my literature students recently, and we all agree that we wouldn’t want to claim Job’s comforters for ourselves. They weren’t very comforting. Sure, when Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar first arrived, they grieved with calamity Job silently—but once they opened their mouths, their apparent support for Job deteriorated […]

  Sara

  September 14, 2013

  character, Christian life, family, Humor, life

  5-minute read, dementia, faith, fear, featured, it could happen to me, longform, mother, suffering, the book of Job, trust, why, worry, wplongform

• Take my life and let it be… like a Coca Cola C.E.O. for Thee…

  

  Truth be told, if it weren’t for my husband, I would be the world’s most targeted consumer. Infomercial? Let me get my wallet.  By the end of watching one, I not only believe in the product, I also believe I need it. Immediately. As in yesterday. On Saturdays, the talk radio station I enjoy weekdays becomes […]

  Sara

  June 3, 2013

  character, Christian life, life

  Coca Cola, featured, Flexiprin, Good News, Gospel, infomercial, Jesus Christ, longform, wplongform