“Can you believe he said that to me?!” Laci’s outraged voice shook. I cradled the phone between my shoulder and ear, weighing out the appropriate response, but before I could say anything she rushed on. “And he says that I expect him to be a mind reader. That I’m not communicating with him. ME!? [...]
I had a houseful over the weekend. In my 1,492 square foot house, there were three adult women, an almost-twelve-month-old baby boy, and my 55-pound dog. The house buzzed with activity the entire weekend. Most of the activity centered around we grown women, trying to keep The Little Guy out of trouble in my non-babyproof [...]
I have a confession to make: I’m a sucker for strays. As soon as Sadie looked up at me with her big, brown eyes, her cold, wet nose was firmly implanted into my heart forever. She was about four months old and was already abused and unwanted. I took her into my arms and my [...]
* Note about the picture: I understand that this is the ugliest picture that I have ever taken. (Thanks, Luther!) But in my defense, I was running a trencher, digging a trench to lay waterline at Camp Freedom– the boys’ ministries camp in Falcon, NC. I was wearing a rain slicker, but after being rained [...]
I’d only been out of college a few months. I was living in my first by-myself apartment (a studio apartment barely big enough to turn around in) and working in my first real-world and in-my-field job (as a community college ESL teacher). It was a normal, boring Monday evening. I had finished my lesson plans [...]
Before I knew what was happening, it was over. A horrific crunch. Searing pain. I dug my fingernails into the steering wheel and closed my eyes, trying to focus on my breathing. In. Out. Slower. In. Out. SLOWER! It wasn’t helping and I was about to hyperventilate. A knock on the window nearly broke my [...]
When I was fresh out of high school, I had an eye-opening experience. My best friend got married. I was happy for her, but at the same time, I was shadowed by the knowledge that our relationship would never be the same. Slumber parties and middle-of-the-night phone calls and spur-of-the-moment trips to the beach became [...]
I think it’s obvious from my love of all things country that at least part of my pedigree comes from off the farm. In fact, in the early 1900′s, my Great Granddaddy Salter built a large farm on Clubfoot Creek in Eastern North Carolina. For now, my parents have a singlewide trailer down there where they [...]
This is Holy Week. Even though I grew up in church, Holy Week didn’t really become special to me until the last several years. For me, the movie, “The Passion of the Christ” changed everything. My dear friend, Eliza, and I went and watched it at the multiplex with a couple packs of Kleenex. I [...]
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