Storytelling

She dipped her finger in the lavender oil and delicately dabbed her wrist and neck. She looked in the mirror to add more coal to the corners of her eyes. She was going to see Matthius in the market today and she wanted him to notice that she put effort into her appearance. He had complimented her eyes last time…

I promise I wasn’t snooping. I was perusing my favorite bookstore when I overheard a conversation between two young ladies at the end of the same aisle I was on. I heard snippets about the odds of running into one another at the bookstore, mutual college friends, plans for the summer and a break in a relationship. That’s when my ears…

On her way back from the well, she saw a group of women sitting off the side of the road. There was an elderly woman sitting on a rock in the middle of them, sharing stories about a man named Jesus who had healed the sick and given sight to the blind. The other women were gathered around her feet…

Based on a true story LINDA Linda turned over and stared at the alarm clock. The red numbers looked slightly blurry and she squinted to see if it really said 5:00 a.m. or if she was dreaming. She remembered a time when she would get excited to hear her alarm go off. Today, she wondered if she could squeeze in…

After talking with a co-worker about Mexican food, I confirmed that I was going to enjoy a meal from my favorite new restaurant after work. It was my form of “fancy Tex-Mex.” I contemplated ordering take-out but once I got home, the weather was still warm and it was a perfect evening to grab my dog, Pepper, and enjoy dinner…

Dear Future Husband, Where are you? And what’s taking you so long to find me? Haven’t you read that “he who finds a wife finds a good thing?” There are a lot of good things waiting over here. (Believe it or not, you’ll come to love my direct communication and inability to beat-around-the-bush.) Lately, you have crossed my mind quite…