Scream Against World Suck!

  The Scream by Edvard Munch The swing set looms boldly in our backyard, a fortress and a testimony to Jorge*, one of our foster sons.  The young man was 13 when he came to live with us. He loved to swing. He liked to scream-talk loudly as he tried to touch the...

Why do you have what you want?

Here are 10 reasons why I have what I want.  I am sure there are more and I will continue to add them.  Thanks Russ for asking the question. It’s one that challenges me to think more outside the box.  I have been asked a similar question many times. Why do you have...

Figuring Out Why I Want What I Want

What do you want used to be a difficult question for me to answer.  These days it’s pretty much become second nature.  I was first genuinely asked that question some 20  years ago.  Oh, others had asked it of me before that time. But I had learned to ignore it. My...

Fiction: The Emotional Breakdown

I was just helping Mommy set the table for supper.  It wasn’t like I meant to spill Adam’s glass of milk.  I put Mommy’s special pink bowl full of green beans on the kitchen table.  I did it very carefully because it was her special bowl.  But my hand hit the...

What do I value?

“Seek peace and pursue it.  Set your face like flint to find that place of peace that goes beyond what you see or understand naturally.  Allow Me to elevate you above the things of the world, above your circumstances, and above your disappointments to a place of...