Last One Picked

Gym class at BVI High was no fun. I was never athletic and didn’t care to be but for a 10-year-old girl who had no clue how she fit in with the world, you at least wanted to know that you were on the team.
Why teachers felt it necessary to have the best athletes lead [...]

Waiting…

God promised He would be with us until the end of time.
He said He was not a man that He should lie.
As John P. Kee says “He will show up on time.”
You are checking your clock and looking at the setting of the sun.
But don’t despair. Your God has not forsaken you.
He has not forgotten [...]

Under Pressure

As a child I never understood the purpose of a pressure cooker but now I do. It just seemed like another pot that Mom used to cook meat and peas and it had a rubber inside and that weight on the top that rattled all of the time. Try slow cooking some meat because you don’t [...]

The Ache

The ache in my chest is different. Not like it was before when it just hurt to so bad, when it felt as if it was broken and would always stay that way.
This ache is sweet, a longing, a sigh, a touch. It makes me tremble and I want to ache some more. I can’t [...]