TO MY CHILD . . . Just for this morning, I am going to smile when I see your face and laugh when I feel like crying. Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile and say how perfect it is....
Priorities
Rose
ROSE The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me...
Only One Childhood
ONLY ONE CHILDHOOD I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic phone; in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make believe little friend and I’ll never forget the words she said, even...
Just Five More Minutes
JUST FIVE MORE MINUTES While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. “He’s a fine...
God Won’t Ask
GOD WON’T ASK 1. God won’t ask what kind of fancy car you drove. He will ask how many people you took to church who didn’t have transportation. 2. God won’t ask the square footage of your house. He will ask how many people you helped who didn’t have...