A Legacy of Words

    Mama was the undisputed Scrabble Champ of The West Ashley Branch Library in Charleston, South Carolina from 1999-2004. Growing up, she taught us words like “Oe” (Faroean Wind) and “Jo”(Sweetheart). She collected words the way...

My Mama’s Smile

Today you turned and looked at me when I sat next to you. You asked me what I had been up to as though it was the most normal of conversations and that we were picking up where we had just left off. You let me hold your hand and you smiled when I put my puppy Wilma on...

Love the One You’re With

Ever notice a flower growing up through the crack in a rock, defying all odds to assert it’s beauty in the world? That’s how love is sometimes… During a recent visit to what we refer to jokingly as Mad Park, the memory care facility where Mom lives,...

The End Game

I’ve never been one to read the last page of a book first, in order to find out how it ends. But I’ll admit I am a planner. I usually have a list, a day-timer and lots of colored post-it notes to keep me organized and on top of things. So when I heard that...

An Unlikely Church

  It was Sunday morning but we had no plans to go to church. I spent my first ten years as the daughter of Christian missionary parents in Japan and have found comfort and community in churches at various times in my life. Recently though, I have felt more...