by Carole Duff | Feb 11, 2019 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves… – Thomas Merton You and he settle into a booth at one of your favorite restaurants. Not fancy—a college basketball game plays on a flat screen mounted on the wall....
by Carole Duff | Dec 31, 2018 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. Psalm 86:5 (ESV) The coffee machine beeps, and the dogs stir. It’s 5 am and the beginning of another day of catching up on the news and emails, tending...
by Carole Duff | Dec 24, 2018 | Faith, Family |
I stood among the angels dressed for the Kindergarten Christmas Pageant. Unlike me, my fellow angels had drums and triangles. My frown—more like a pout—expressed disappointment and covetousness. I wanted the gifts my classmates had been given. Like the other mothers,...
by Carole Duff | Dec 10, 2018 | Faith, Family, Nature |
Late afternoon on Christmas Eve, some years ago, my mother looked out the front window of her New England home into fading light and snow. “Maybe your Aunt Louise’s package won’t make it this year,” she said. No, we assured our mother and grandmother, the package will...
by Carole Duff | Dec 3, 2018 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
Today, my post for the beginning of Advent, published on The Perennial Gen: https://theperennialgen.com/o-holy-night/. Picture taken last year on Christmas Eve at Bethany Lutheran Church in Virginia. Blessings to you all. -C.D.
by Carole Duff | Nov 12, 2018 | Family, Local or Human Interest |
Shortly after we go to bed, I hear his soft breathing and hope that’s how he’ll slumber throughout the night. Keith falls asleep almost as soon as his head hits the pillow, while I’m still searching for a comfortable sleeping position. Alas, tonight soft breathing...
