by Martha Slavin A good friend and I sit in the shade of her backyard, which blooms with flowers, fruit, and her mosaics on the fences. Color is everywhere: the clay fish in the simple bubbling fountain, the shards of glass pushed between the stepping-stones of the paths that wander through her yard, the bright red […]
by Judy Alter Much is written about the hardships and dedication of caregivers, and I am the first to applaud them. Been there, done that with my mother who slid into dementia in her eighties, and I don’t feel I did it as gracefully or kindly as I should have. But now my daughter is […]
by Linda Cardillo I’m not feeling good about myself today. For the first time, I feel like an old person preparing to be put out to pasture. I’m not old. I’m 67. A youthful (so I’m told), vibrant, fun-loving 67. So why am I feeling like old news? Recently one of my coworkers quit. (I’ll […]
To write a few words about an ordinary day in my life doesn’t seem like too big of a task and yet now, as never before in the span of my lifetime, there are no ordinary days. Yesterday I paused at the door to a coffee shop before I entered—it was to be the first […]
by Judy Alter Usually I’m flattered when someone asks, “So what are you writing?” These days I hate to be asked, because the answer is “Nothing right now.” I don’t need to add that I’ve been too depressed to come up with a new idea that I’m enthusiastic about. I think the Lord has been sending me a […]
by Daphne Priscilla Brown-Jack After an hour and a half, the jury returned with the verdict. My heart began to pump cold blood through my veins as anxiety overwhelmed me. I wanted to go into the courtroom and hear the verdict, but fear grasped me and weakened my innermost being, the part that kept me […]
