My phone rang suddenly, and I jumped. I glanced at the number and didn’t recognize it. My thought was that this was probably just another call from a telemarketer selling unwanted car warranties. I hesitated but then I thought, “The call might be important.” Before long I felt like I […]

“This little light of mine…” That song I learned as a child came to mind the other day as I looked out my back window at the heavy rain. For three days it had been rainy and bone-chilling cold. I was reminded of my first winter in New Orleans. The […]

My neighbor and I stood in her driveway in the deep summer heat. She lives next door and has lived in the neighborhood longer than most. This was the first time she and I talked since my husband’s funeral a few months before. She kindly gave me her condolences and […]