

THE DIVINE APPOINTMENT
“That’s called a divine appointment!” Jen’s friend labeled her story so perfectly after listening to Jen describe what had just happened...


Guilt, Comfort, Ego, Light Anger, Love, Day and Night
In her twenties, back when Jen thought she knew everything, she had scribbled on a page, “Explore what is worth photographing. Create...


Am I Vulnerable? Unsafe? Or do these Gifts allow True Faith?
CHAPTER 5 Am I Vulnerable, Unsafe? Or do These Gifts Allow for Greater Faith? Jen’s thoughts went to what happened to her the week...


Health, Hope, Sickness, Pain, Betrayal, Forgiveness, Want Sun not Rain
CHAPTER 4 Jen sat on her front porch and listened to the voice mail. She didn’t pick up when her dear, old, friend, Bob, had called. She...


Being Present, Being Friend, In Turmoil, Able to Mend
CHAPTER 3 "Being Present, Being Friend, In Turmoil, Able to Mend." The lines’ rhyming design appealed to her, but Teacher-Turned-Student...


The Recipe
CHAPTER 2 Pouring out the fresh, Georgian pecans onto the butcher block table, she ran her hand over the bits, thankful she had chopped...


The Arrow
CHAPTER 1 With its petite trunk and delicately arched branches, the young chestnut bonsai seemed to be peering out to the old oak tree in...