⠀She has her mother’s eyes, they say⠀Before breakfast, at tea-time, and just before bedThe request is the same“Read me a story” the golden-haired girl asks.Patiently cradling each book,the woman with the painted lipsintroduces her to Rebecca and DorothyShe ushers in Anne and the “boy who never grows up”Word by word,phrase by phrase The woman with […]
splices of life
Jesus Never Forgets
My father died eleven years ago. Pregnant with my first child, the news washed over me in alternating waves of sadness and disbelief. My puffy eyes reminded me of an unexpected death, my swollen abdomen of anticipated life. As one life exited the world, another prepared to make his entrance. Death and Life Like tormented […]
Low-Tech Summer Reflections
We just wrapped up our first week of school. When the kids hopped in the car on the first day, I heard a question that had all but disappeared for a few months. Can we watch tv? I quickly changed the subject by announcing a trip to get ice cream to celebrate finishing the first […]
