When I hang his shirts next to mine in the closet, there are surf brands, the same ones he wore when he had hair bleached white by the sun and waves. When his skin was tan and his mouth tasted like wintergreen gum and saltwater. When I spread my beach towel with arms wide and the tradewinds swooped down and lifted the corners from my fingertips like a magic carpet and I would nestle my body in hot white sand and lift my eyes to the sea and she would offer the lip of a wave for his surfboard and …
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Alone in the World: A SheLoves Post
The answering machine clicks on after the fourth ring. I untuck my feet from beneath me and rise from the couch. I’m pacing back and forth, my bare feet grazing the cool hard wood floor. The ground is steady, it is me that is shaking. I realize I am holding my breath waiting for a voice on the other end. I remember the anticipation I had as a girl, mustering the courage to call the cute boy. I’d wait until the kitchen was clear and I’d pull the phone from the wall and stretch the ringlets of …
It Speaks to Me
It's been a long time since I've done a links post partly because I've been busy with my book and haven't been reading as much, but there's some good stuff out there so I resurrected ~It Speaks to Me~ so you'd have a chance to read these too if you missed them among the 180 million blogs in the world. How Culture Affects Our Expectations of Leaders by Sandra Maria Van Opstal for Christianity Today Gender, ethnic, or socioeconomic biases affect how we choose leaders. In his book on Asian …
