On Grace

“Come on, tell me!” “Why do you wanna know?” “Call it curiosity. You know mine now.” I’m talking with my friend Ben over the phone and we’re having one of our late night discussions about life [...]

The smell of vinegar hung in the air, strongly, boldly filling the kitchen. Water and vinegar dripped inside my microwave in messy puddles. I had been trying a Pinterest cleaning tip that swore [...]

I pushed open the heavy door from the girl’s locker room and slid my back against the wall to sit on the floor. I was in high school and had just finished a tough cross country practice. I [...]

People assume that homosexuals and Christians are like oil and water. The Oil Christians are invasively judgmental and arrogantly burst their biblical battering ram of self-defined righteousness [...]

Somewhere between Connecticut and South Carolina, there came an abrupt tug at my left wheel and smoke began pouring out the back. Inside the cab of my Jeep sat my wife and 2 dogs, who I’m certain [...]

My door flung open, and before her face even peered through it, she was yelling, “Drive the damn speed limit!!!!” This woman had been tailing my car for half a mile. You’d be lucky if you could [...]

No one wants to have coffee with me. Let me back up.  My husband and I moved in January to a new house in a suburb between Dallas and Fort Worth, and I’ve been fighting loneliness.  Our families [...]

A few months ago, my husband and I were having lunch after church in my hometown. Within a few minutes of getting our meal, my best friend from high school and her family walked in the door of [...]

When I was younger I never really understood what family was; what the proper functionality of a family was, or  what it meant to be a family or how to treat family members. Some of you may be in [...]

I don’t have the statistics on sexual assault and abuse. I don’t know the numbers in my age group or the percentage of victims in my state. But I’m guessing you don’t care [...]