I’ve been scanning Mom’s photos, each one sending me into a reverie. I load the scan tray, then hit the button. A buzz, a hum, and the whir of a feed tray. Photos of family vacations, birthday parties, now available...

“Andrew, get over here. Mom’s unconscious.” I’d never felt like hyperventilating before, until today when I took Esther’s call. I ran upstairs to get my clothes, heart pounding, ever quickly sucking in air, feeling dizzy. Breathe slower, breathe slower. Not...

So much has changed since you heard the word cancer through the phone last year in June. You knew nothing was going to be the same - at least in theory - but nobody ever really knows what to expect,...

What do I have to offer you, brother? My inability to move to action My feeling of being stuck Afraid of complicity, but uncomfortable with rushed action. I want wise counsel and action but I am uncomfortable, and they say...

When 5AM comes, I tiptoe out of the house And revel in the stillness of the morning when breath is dew For seasons I imagined I was trapped on either side, with fitful sleep and nighttime duties but Here I...

Please give me longsuffering, God, so I can smile when things don’t go my way. Please grant me serenity, God, to accept the things I can’t change but seriously to change the things I need to. Please give me humility,...