I find myself drawn to the “pen” when I experience emotional pain. Writing a fictional story helps me to turn the pain into something that I hope will help others who may be experiencing the same. This is one of those stories.
For Inez, clearing her mind of the ugly words was the hardest part. Prayer, verses, sweet worship with friends. Nothing seemed able to displace what Yola had said. The words hung there, accompanied by a heaviness inside that weighed down her soul.
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I shall do it!
The plan: Wait for the toll of six. Look to the east for Daiden’s flare. Run. Get under the C-O car. Grab the gun.
And wait.
If Sabra got hit, then the others would have to start again from Stone Hill.
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Happy Anniversary, Angry Lady! Five years ago this month (July 2016), I posted on my previous website an encounter I had at a grocery store that became the most popular story that I have ever shared. The story took several weeks for me to write, so the original readers received the story in three parts. Here is the full story in one post.
Fran the Angry Lady. I met her at the check-out line. We had a conversation. This is our story.
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Written for a friend in despair
It is amazing to me,
a wondrous endeavor.
Think of the butterfly:
Its plain beginnings,
its ragged shell,
its captured wings.
Has it gone unheard?
The lilies and the sparrows know:
He cares with a cupped hand.
He stoops down with a lift
as sure as the first Day.
He was, He is,
He will.
And so,
my love,
live your struggle while fixed to Him,
a holy silk.
And emerge,
this time,
ready
to fly.
∞
Matthew 6:25-34
Last year, during the height of the George Floyd tragedy, our Facebook feeds were full of posts that expressed the anger, frustration, and guilt that people were feeling.
That was to be expected. However, I quickly grew weary of seeing it.
So I wrote a post:
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Darla McDavid 