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We are in the theatre today. Meeting with our sound engineer. I am standing on the stage feeling like a little girl and at the same time trying to act like a professional adult as I speak to our very capable engineer (thank you, Lord!  You can already tell that he is meticulous about sound…

I wake up early this morning, 4AM or something like that and look out the window, and sure enough, there it is: snow… snow falling on this city in the South… I smile. There is something about snow that makes me feel like a child again.  And I am sure I am not alone in…

She watches me ever so closely. So much of what she says and does is exactly what I say and do.  She mimics me. I watch her taking care of her doll, repeating comforting words that I have just spoken to soothe her younger sister as I hold her close…  she does the same… says…

She is more aware of  what is to come now. Mama, Christmas is coming.  Jesus’ birthday is coming! Can we sing those songs again?  Who is that man in the red suit?  Who is he?  Mama, Mama, look at all the lights!  Look at the trees! Can we light the tree?  Can we look at the…

Driving up to the Lake Eden Arts Festival and looking out the car window, I see tent after tent after tent… I don’t think I have ever seen so many tents in my life! All close together, little villages, friends, strangers living side by side for a few days… here to celebrate music and the…