Snow Globe

 There right location and a small fee is all that's required to step inside the globe. For forty-five minutes you can watch teens in athleisure wear, tailored coats on eight year olds, and moms wearing seasonal graphic sweatshirts. Of course there's the kid who's underdressed and shivering as well as the overdressed kid with neurotic parents who fear a winter cold. Around and around they go. With each lap they get a little more daring If I could, I would lock us in here and stop timeThat way my daughter will always be ten and willing to try new things, even if she falls

Beauty of Youth

 For two hours we drove on a Sunday afternoon through small town underneath a canopy of pines and oaks

Once we got into town, the magnet of Ellianos drew us inside the cafe for cookies and iced coffee

As we took our seat, six teens came in and ordered $5.00 lattes. 

The boys had that all American look and dressed like they stepped out of a catalogue.

The girls, they were the ones that stuck out almost like a sore thumb

Midi skirts with leggings in the hot Georgia sun along with shirt collars up to their neck

Hair pulled up in a ponytail with a little poof on top

If you looked only at their Nikes and Addidas sneakers they would look normal 

Everyone in the county knows their religion by how the women dress

I've mocked their kind before, but not today

That day with my daughter beside me, I only saw a couple of beautiful modest young ladies comfortable in their own skin

I'd love for my daughter to be the Catholic version of this

Drink Garnishments

 Three blueberries sit atop the plastic lid of a 12oz cup

A lavender cold brew with blueberry foam, then garnished with fresh blueberries

It's the berries that got me with its three little edible jewels

On Amazon, I search for drink garnishments and found a little company in Ireland that sells all the garnishments I could dream of

It sits in my cart untouched

There's nothing special about putting freeze dried strawberries or blueberries in your coffee everyday.

We've got to have something to look forward to in this instant gratification world 

Jesus in the Neighborhood Kids

 To the tween girl  who won't change out of her Daisy Duke's for bible study, Jesus help me see you

To the manipulative sassy tween girl who gifted us with lice, Jesus help me to see you

To the little girl who's loud enough for three kids and constantly  leaves trash in my yard,Jesus help me to see you

To the little boy who threw rocks at my daughter, and made lewd hand gestures to me, Jesus let me see you

Dont Look Behind the Curtain

 Everything has its place

Anything out of order could cause a chain reaction of disaster

To put it bluntly, stressful on the person who worked so hard at organizing the city

Only one road leads into the city

Can't get in without an invitation

Once there, you'll be treated as a treasured guest

Whatever money you walked in with you will keep

No need for expenses

Wear the proper attire, always

Remember the most important rule

Dont Look Behind the Curtain

Distractions

 I awake each morning with a to do list:

Pray

Make bed

Brush teeth

Eat breakfast

Tell myself I'll write and read today

But demons drag my fingers to the internet for endless scrolling

Mindless time wasted

Let me watch that SNL skit one more time

What's the celebrity shoe trend today?

Burgundy out, soft pink in

Scroll for an hour looking for pink.dresses

Order nothing

Kate Spade outlet sales

Add to cart

Click

Noonday devil, I cast you out tonight

Tomorrow's a new day with a fresh trap to fall into 

Shucking Corn

 We gotta get this corn put up before the days out

Why in the he'll did they order so much of it?

Just like Mama to order all this corn and her be in the hospital

Lord, we gotta laugh, otherwise all we'd do is cry

Jenny Lynn said she'd go to the hospital and sit with Mama

Daddy, sure can't go

He's been drinkinh all night

The bedroom closet is all tore up

Can't hold her, probably never will again, but her smell is all over her clothes

We gonna have bushels of creamed corn for the funeral

I shouldn't have thought that, but I know it's true

My brothers and sisters need to come to their senses and prepare to say goodbye

She ain't coming back after this heartattack

This here's a good crop

It's only June and we got plenty of time for a second go round

Well, Mama,you didn't waste your money this year

If you's sitting right here, you'd say the soil was just right

I look at my brothers and sisters laughing and working, acting a fool

Reckon your soil was good too, Mama

Blank Page

 It stares back at me, almost mocking

Aren't you going to fill me with ink, or do you have nothing to say again?

I stare and stare, but nothing comes

My thoughts are full, but they come in the form of pride, anger, fear, and sadness

Oh wait, I have that story in my head

The one I keep forming in my mind

Each day, I keep telling myself that I'll write it down, but don't

Maybe I can buy a pretty journal and write it down instead of dreaming about it, just a thought

Here's a thought

Stop thinking and write from the heart

Isn't that what they say?

Don't you dare do that, that thing's way too fickle

Just ask the Holy Spirit

He'll help 

When He decides of course

Its His time, not yours