Tag: sin

On Vigilance, Viruses, and Vomit

We were minutes away from putting a big fat check mark in the “Grandparent Win” column when everything fell apart.

The grandchildren had been with us for a couple of days and everything was wonderful! They’d eaten well, napped on schedule, slept all night long, and we were packing them up to take them home, when I saw it: continue here

The Cross

It drew me with an attraction I could barely resist, and yet I did. Like a thousand magnets all pointed in my direction, its drawing power inundated me, I could feel it to my core and yet, I stayed away. I couldn’t give in; and for a very long time, I didn’t.

It wasn’t electrons or atoms that exerted such power over me, it was love. Pure, perfect love and I was terrified of it, repulsed by it, and drawn toward it all at the same time. What continue here