by Deb Farris | Jul 16, 2023 | Devotions
I was tempted to sit down at my computer on the dining room table before church. Isn’t church enough time with God this morning, I wondered?, while I considered foregoing my usual quiet time. I picked up my big steaming mug of coffee from the counter and glanced at...
by Deb Farris | Jul 14, 2023 | Musings
“I could tell,” my sister said. “I heard it in your voice and knew something was wrong. What’s going on? Sorry I didn’t call you back last night…” I was still in bed the next morning. I didn’t know what to say. Or where to begin. Sometimes silence is the only way....
by Deb Farris | Jul 11, 2023 | Musings
It was the summer of ‘67, I had just turned twelve. On the evening of Sunday, July 30th, my family was returning from a camping trip when the National Guard had been called to Milwaukee to contain the disturbance, sealing off Michigan to Capital Avenues from Holton to...
by Deb Farris | Jul 5, 2023 | Devotions
I wore the wedding band with the two words “and ever” engraved on the inside on my forefinger where it was a snug fit. I would check it several times a day to make sure it was tight and push it down if it had slipped a little up. It had belonged to my dad. It’s mate,...
by Deb Farris | Jul 3, 2023 | Devotions, Musings
The towhead teenager at the airport reminded me so much of my son. He wiped his eyes after kissing his mom goodbye and pretty soon I was wiping my own. I am flying home after eight days with my sister feeling conflicted as any sister would who is saying goodbye in the...
