Rose

SAN ANGELO 1967

Our memories are strange and unwieldy beasts.  Have you ever had a song grip you in its power, sending you back through the years to …

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THANKSGIVING FIASCO

It’s been many years ago now, but I remember it clearly. I woke up early to get the turkey in the oven. Everyone in the …

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THE FOURTH CORNER

​I have just returned from a long awaited visit to my birthplace. Far and away to the northwest, nearly hanging off the jagged edge of …

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ATTIC CLEANUP

I can just see the epitaph on my gravestone now. “In her 75th year of life, Rose conquered the attic.” It’s possible that a precipitous …

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CHRISTMAS TREE TRAUMA

I’m not sure how this yearly event comes to bring us to the edge of divorce. First there is the angst of the rising cost …

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CHRISTMAS PHOTO CIRCA 1955

We all know how a photograph can bring back a flood of memories. There we are in black and white – my cousin and I, perched …

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​WHO CREATED GOD?

I was chatting with our friends’ 8 year old son Seth when out of his mouth popped this question. “Miss Rose, who made God?” I …

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​WHO WILL BUY?

Walking through the chill spring morning, I look up at the bluest of skies. It couldn’t be bluer. I marvel at its depth, its infinity. …

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A VIRAL LULLABY

I love this song, written by Dennis Jernigan, who had a glimpse into the heart of our heavenly Father.“When the night is falling and the …

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TIME AND ETERNITY

He is probably someone’s grandpa. He sits at a nearby table in our favorite  restaurant on San Juan Island, a U.S. Navy cap firmly in …

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