“Look how far away Gigi’s house is, PopPop.” It was Saturday, and the agreeable weather made the January afternoon seem almost like the first day of Spring. “C’mon, Eli” I had announced earlier to my grandson, “it’s time for us to take a hike.” I had gotten home from my Saturday routine of putting the …
She was excited to show me her ticket. Each week during the worship service, I have one of the children bring an item that’s special to them. They put it in a “mystery box.” I then let them pull it out, and we talk about it. Kaitlyn’s was a ticket to a University of Kentucky …
I pulled my hoodie up over my head and laid back down. The nurse was in the room checking on Madi, my daughter. When her first-child, Eli, was born four years ago, I got there just in time for the little guy’s first cry. I wasn’t going to chance it with this birth, so I …