Pikes Peak Sunsets
I've lived 23 years of my life in Colorado. Favorite Pikes Peak moments always seem to be the sunsets, where the light seeps beyond the outline of the mountain as though falling behind clouds [...]
Hope Along the Way
My daughters have always challenged my notions and theories – with their ability to be fully engaged in a present moment, to become transfixed on an instant of pure emotion and of encapsulating feelings [...]
The Miracles in the Moments of Today
Mother’s Day Reflections, Looking Back (from May 13, 2007)… So this is Mother’s Day, and in a sweeping desire to be loved and needed, my three girls are all together – sobbing, congested with [...]
A Beautiful Harmony
“A beautiful harmony resonated between them, as though their marriage sashayed a delightful dance. Pieter stepped forward; Cora stepped backwards. If he twirled her in one spinning direction, she joined him in whirling around, [...]
To The Shore
The trees are thick and knobby this side of the forested thicket, sway to the side in terrific sighs, and lurch back after a gust of wind. Birds gather in upper branches to chatter [...]
Simple Days of Youth
“She longed for the simple days of youth, before the heaviness of family responsibility came barreling down and suffocated her, before the crisp golden Dutch air was invaded with cold, severe metal airplanes cutting [...]
Vintage Superheroes
In April 2010, my dear older brother Tim had a second heart surgery. His first surgery – for an aortic dissection – was in 2003, and during emergency open-heart surgery, Tim received a graft on [...]
