As strange as this may sound, every weekday morning I wake at 6:00 am, have a cup of coffee, say my prayers, and put on a bathing suit. At 7:30 I am at the swimming pool. A promise brings me to the pool each morning. After my husband died, my […]

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 […]