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Olivia caught stringing beads quite quickly. She didn’t ask for help. She didn’t need any. Methodically.patiently she delicately strung one bead after another. When the elastic was full, o beads I tied the ends into a knot. Proudly, with ecstatic joy, she asked me to take her photo. Oh little sparkle girl may my...
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”
– Hamilton Wright Mabie
The Christmas lights in our village float across the main street, along with the church’s facade and around the baker’s window. The season of expectation is upon us—or at least that is how I think of it. I remember the feeling I...
Taking a family photo is the one time a person can bribe, threaten, or pull the mom card on them into standing still, smiling, and not goofing off for at least one moment. But…
… at least I didn’t have to bribe, threaten, or pull the mom card on anyone into having fun and being together. And honestly, that’s worth more than a perfect...
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its...
