Every day, Chance takes me for a walk. Technically, I am the one holding the leash, but he is the one leading me down the road. Chance is our Frenchie Pug who came to us as a pup one week before the covid lockdown. He soothed our weary and frayed emotions while peeing on everything…
In the 1930s a severe drought, multiplied by wind erosion created a phenomenon known as the dust bowl. Dust rained down everywhere—covering dishes and lining the inside of mouths and noses. In one storm alone, twelve million pounds of friable topsoil blew from the Great Plains all the way to Chicago.Just a decade before, the…
Around the family table, my mom would often lead us in song for our dinnertime blessing. Her steady alto voice would beckon, Be present at our table, Lord.Be here and everywhere adored. These mercies bless and grant that weMay feast in fellowship with thee. Amen.When our own voices rose to match, she’d break away from the melody, splitting…