How I needed this word for today: husbandeth. But when I really needed it was yesterday. And, chances are, I’ll need it tomorrow and the day after that. The word husbandeth occurs only once in all the Bible, and that is in Proverbs 17:27. The Contemporary English Version has it this way: “It makes a […]
Letter: Now I Know Why I Wander
As if I didn’t know before. For this past Father’s Day my family gave me a map. I am a school board director and in a recent cross-state trek for a conference I missed my turn (for which miles out of my way I was not compensated by the way – laughter). It didn’t help […]
Letter: A Most Memorable Man
By Cheryl Calvert, with David Anderson. The Adventures of Nee-Pie and Che-Pie, Chapter Three In maybe every family there’s always that one. Different than the rest. Like a dandelion in a field of daisies. Like a square peg in a round hole. Like a fish out of water. In fact, it was a fish out […]
Letter: Today I Choose Joy
I sat at my writing desk early this morning, the house quiet, my favorite time of day, and as I reached for my new favorite coffee cup, decorated with butterflies and flowers, I noticed the shape of the handle – a heart, but only half a heart. From the adjoining room, the family room, the […]
Letter: First Day of Summer…and Thoughts of Christmas
Half-way through the year, and the temperature around here significantly climbing on this first day of summer, it’s a rather odd time to be thinking about Christmas. Except that we could sure use some peace on earth; peace in our own heart; peace in our relationships. All of which – peacefulness – is often associated […]
Letter: For the Love of Life
He used to stop by occasionally, now and then. Sometimes I’d see him here and there. One time he spread his arms wide and asked ‘how do I look?’ “Great!” I responded. “Where you going?” “Oh, nowhere I guess,” he answered. Life can be like that. All dressed up and nowhere to go. It was […]
Letter: The Two Little Pigs
The Adventures of Nee-Pie and Che-Pie, Chapter Two By Cheryl Calvert, with David Anderson “Awwww! What cute little pigs! Are these yours? Are you raising them? Do they have names?” My friend Nee-Pie, or Annette as the rest of the world knew her but who would forever be known fondly as Nee-Pie to me, and […]
Letter: The Raccoon, the Rabbits, and The Ridge
By Cheryl Calvert, with David Anderson “They’re gonna tell us ‘no’ until we’re 30!” I was trying to allay the fears of my best bud Annette that climbing The Ridge as two 14-year-old girls over our parents’ likely objections – should we even ask – was not risky. Mostly not risky. “The rattlesnakes will let […]
Letter: A Long Walk in the Wrong Direction
Trails were posted “hazardous and route-finding skills required.” It was supposed to have been a paved path trail up the mountain aways. Early summer flowers would be sprinkled across the meadows, birds would be singing, butterflies would be flitting about. Nope. None of the above. Everything above was snowed in. The better part of valor […]