Tag: donna douglass
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Life lessons from my dog, part II
There she was, one of hundreds due to be euthanized the next day, a stray from the sweltering streets of El Paso, Texas. We showed up and chose her over all the others in the crowd. If she were aware of the situation, would she not have asked how she could repay us for saving […]
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In the vein of Frog and Toad
Mr. and Mrs. Billy dressed up in their finest toad clothes and ventured over the threshold of their local church one Sunday. Holding hands, their shoulders pressed into one another’s to find comfort in response to the alarming sight. In this small town many of the faces were familiar. There was the high school principal, […]
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snowflakes in hot water
As I was sitting in the hot tub yesterday it was snowing hard. Monstrous flakes vanished the moment they hit the water surface. Or so I thought. Then I sat stiller and watched closer. Maybe that way Moses did when he saw the bush burning. And I noticed something more: each flake didn’t just vanish […]