Dear Diary,This evening, I glanced at a phone number and remembered it without looking twice. And, I made myself a note ... and remembered those numbers without looking again; two times in the same day! They were appreciated reminders that life is, finally, getting a...
For most of my youngest daughter's life, the devil tormented me with fear that he would take her. It didn't help that she would disappear, in a matter of seconds; many times, throughout the years. I couldn't take her shopping and let go of her hand (long enough to...
I Hassan, born in a orthodox family where I was hearing always about the Islam; my parent sent me to the Islamic school to learn the Quran. They want make me Hafiz’ Qari and a good preacher of Islam. I taught Quran by heart, [memorized Quran] and was studying to learn...
Once, as a child, we were dead center (or so it seemed) of a really severe electrical storm; with sounds so loud the affect was a bit more like explosions on our nerves. Though, thankfully, all the family was home; family couldn't even have kept us safe.We gathered...
My mother has the gift of teaching and, when growing up, that included us girls. We could be doing almost anything and, suddenly, she would present a hypothetical question.On the first occasion, I recall asking her a question in return. Only, mom's response was, "No,...
After a few days of noticing a fly trapped between a screen and window (without food, water, or whatever else bugs need), since he hadn't died, I decided to open the window to let it go free. Only, the fly refused to fly away, preferring starvation and imprisonment....
It was October 9, 1964 (a chilly autumn night). We were traveling from our Gas City, Indiana home. Destination; Corbin, Kentucky, where my mother lived ... going home for the weekend.(Three weeks prior, Lawrence, my husband, had purchased a brand spanking new Chevy....