Into the Wilderness: Real World Intercession I have been unable to write. The ruthless, wrongful murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Arbury and countless other Black and African Americans are, and rightly should be, our nation’s and our personal focus right now. The protests across our country call attention to the need to dismantleContinue reading “Toward a better world”
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Fear
Into the Wilderness: Story 3, Catina I’m not afraid of much. I was afraid when I first stepped out onto the uneven terrain and unfamiliar territory of the southern mountains. I was still in shock. All I could think was that this wasn’t real: my parents were trying to scare me. They would take meContinue reading “Fear”
Walking the moon
Into the Wilderness: Story 1, Catina I hated my parents. Not the, OMG-my-mom-is-so-annoying-I can’t-believe-she said-that kind of hatred. But hatred that kept me from being safe. I hated them in such a way that it was almost like a grudge. I wouldn’t talk to them. I couldn’t even be around them. All I would thinkContinue reading “Walking the moon”
Have you walked the moon?
Into the Wilderness: Story 1, Mom On an unusually cold and rainy day in June, we drove down our mountain in New Jersey, headed to Newark airport. My daughter Catina was with my husband and me, and she hunched in the back seat, surly and cross-armed, hoodie pulled over her eyes. She knew where weContinue reading “Have you walked the moon?”
Walk the Moon 