Tag Archives: Thankfulness

An Ordinary Grace

Posted on January 29, 2016 by

Ordinary Grace is a novel that begins: “It was a summer in which death, in visitation, assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder. You might think I remember that summer as tragic and I do but not completely so. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayers | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Flash Floods of Tears

Posted on March 9, 2015 by

Annie Dillard said, “I think that the dying pray at the last not, “please,” but “thank you” as a guest thanks his host at that door.”  She knew some secret about a life of gratitude at the moment of mourning; … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments