Heading East

“There’s a place in the darkness that I used to cling to…” Yesterday was rough.  I was inexplicably overtaken by tears from the time I got up until…well, until this morning.  My heart was broken, and while I had no reason to feel the pain I was feeling, that in no way...

The Power of Invisibility

   On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?  So he sent two of His disciples, telling them, “Go...

A Glimpse Beyond

Sometimes when I’m watching my daughter, I get a glimpse of some other Jennifer…an older Jennifer, who is more developed and mature and grown.  It is like a glimpse into the future, or like I am peeking into the window of something I’m not supposed to see yet.  Or...

Little moments, turned big.

It began with a phone call: a storm was coming, so we’d better be prepared. Blue skies and gentle breezes outside confused me, and I joined our neighbors in our yards, wondering where the storm was coming from and when it would hit.  The radar showed it was, in fact,...

My husband bought a pink house. (Part 2)

I wrote last week about how our house, now gray, has been hiding a bright pink secret for a few years now.  The strange hidden hue spoke to me, as strange things in life seem to with me.  (I’m wondering more and more if perhaps I’m the strange one, since “strange...