Many thanks to my guest artist, Michele Sherwood, for these adorable images. I was suddenly a motherless sixteen-year-old with a physically and emotionally absent father in another state. I could have been dangerously vulnerable, an easy target for someone with bad intent. But, instead, God put many people around me who cared. They were…
Tag: gentle
Song of the Bluebirds
I was awakened early one morning recently by rustling sounds coming from the living room. Uh Oh. I immediately knew the source of the sound and I cringed. A couple of years ago we had heard the same sound. It turned out to be a bird stuck in the woodstove chimney pipe. That bird had…
Gentle and Tender
Once upon a time, there was a flock of sheep. They lived in a dangerous place where wolves prowled and thieves stalked, but their shepherd was strong and alert and cared deeply for each of his sheep. One day he noticed that one was missing. There were only ninety-nine of his one hundred sheep within…