The Christmas Elf. It’s no secret that compared with many other Christian countries, the US has commercialized Santa along with Christmas for many years. The…
Use words with courage
Author: Stella Samuel
Polar Vortex. Two words that should not be in my vocabulary. But it’s coming and the first step to acceptance is admission. So says someone.…
He went on. Without us. He went on. His last hug lingered, his last words still dripped from my skin. At the uncertain hour, he…
Cancer took away from me someone I loved dearly. Someone I looked up to. Someone that taught me the ways of the world, gave me…
After calling my neighbor to come save me from a very large spider in my house, I managed to giggle uncontrollably. So this spider the…
Maybe years ago I could have played a Bob Dylan song on my guitar. I was pretty okay at a few Paul Simon songs. I…
I loved him more than the moon. I’ve never actually loved the moon, but only because I’ve never set foot on the moon. But I…
Writing often comes easy to me. I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. I have notebooks from when I was a child,…
I keep getting notifications from my nifty digital assistant, my phone, that I am behind in blogging. Right. I’m behind. I haven’t been here writing,…
Last night, on my 11th wedding anniversary, I spent hours in urgent care with my oldest daughter. I stayed awake much on the night watching…