The Kids Are Grown and (Mostly) Gone, so Who Am I and What Do I Do Now?

Listen to today’s post, read aloud by Eve Our “baby” of five kids is just two short weeks away from being 21. It occurs to me that even though he’s living with us temporarily and working, he’s for all intents and purposes grown, though maybe not entirely gone. It also occurs to me that it’s…

Mama’s Love—Deep Like a Tap Root

When we cleaned out Mama’s house, I found this letter I’d written to her the Christmas before she died. Dear Mama,  I’ve been cleaning up the Christmas tree this week, sweeping pine needles and thinking of the things I’ve never said to you. They are the things no one says to me that I would…