My husband stopped our car at the red light where two main city arteries converged. A young man sat beside the busy intersection. He stared at the ground five feet in front of him. Printed in neat letters on the cardboard sign he held was the word, “Homeless.” A blast of icy wind blew his … More Native Sons & Daughters
For a solid week before another native son died, the song played through my mind: “Good morning, America. How are ‘ya? Don’t ‘ya know me? I’m your native son . . . .” https://genius.com/Arlo-guthrie-the-city-of-new-orleans-lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klgr0C9V2sM If only the message was understood. Maybe someone could have reached out. Maybe he would have listened. Just. This. Once. … More Do You Understand?
Six a.m. I yawned. We were newlyweds and it was Valentine’s Day. Even though it was my day off, I wanted to do something nice for my husband before his twenty-four hour shift. While I made breakfast, the radio blared with love songs. The DJ said something about Valentine’s Day tributes for the next few … More Valentine Wake-Up Call
Life has both beauty and truth. Sometimes, truth is not pretty. Sometimes, it is ugly. My previous blog post about Shen Yen focused on the beauty. But Shen Sun also showed the ugly truth about Chinese Communism. Nearly every culture on earth has some form of belief about salvation and about heaven. Yet again, I … More Shen Yun Portrays Truth
The curtain rose. Chinese ladies in spring green and vibrant pink costumes lined the stage. The audience breathed an appreciative sigh. Perhaps it was all the beautiful colors. Or perhaps it was the visual declaration of spring compared to the bitter cold and barren winter landscape we escaped on our way inside the venue. The … More Shen Yun Portrays Beauty
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