Apr 20, 2014 | 30 Days of Grace
Descending Theology: The Resurrection by Mary Karr From the far star points of his pinned extremities, cold inched in—black ice and squid ink— till the hung flesh was empty. ...
Dec 21, 2011 | 30 Days of Joy
It is a dinner table built for four, and as we crowded around it, we five for dinner, this was my thought: How much they have changed. How fast the time has gone. It is difficult enough to hold in my head the reality that my baby girl is now a college freshman, home...
Nov 19, 2011 | Moments of Grace
I awoke this morning in the knowing that my Eliza, home from college for the holiday, was upstairs in her bed. It surprises me how, even in sleep, her presence permeates the air—as if the house itself rejoices with us. Everything feels different. Peace in my heart and...
Nov 15, 2011 | Moments of Grace
Others taunt me with having knelt at well-curbs Always wrong to the light, so never seeing Deeper down in the well than where the water Gives me back in a shining surface picture Me myself in the summer heaven godlike Looking out of a wreath of fern and cloud puffs....
