May’s Current Writings
If You’re a Worried Parent, You Need to Read This
At 2:00 a.m. I woke up in a panic, worried sick. Are my children okay? Where are they right now? Who are they with? Visions of a crashed car in a ditch popped into my [...]
7 Daily Decisions to Make 2020 Your Best Year Ever
I bet you’re breathing a huge sigh of relief, today. Even though a few stray needles & ornaments may linger, your Christmas tree is down. Your Amazon returns are boxed up and mailed. The last [...]
Death at a Christmas Party
Just as the guests arrived, my friend Beth noticed Maxine, her sweet little pug, lying mighty still—kind of like a corpse—on her red plaid pillow by the fireplace. Now Maxine was old, and while her [...]
You Were Made for More
The stunning brunette caught my eye as she staggered through the campus lawn in her stiletto ankle boots. Her blue eyes were glassy. Her speech slurred. In one hand she held a cigarette, in the [...]
What I Learned from Art Leslie (and what you can learn, too)
Last week, I lost a friend. Maybe he was your friend, too. Art Leslie, the founder, visionary and selfless servant of the Huntsville Inner City Learning Center, passed away, unexpectedly. Although he didn’t know it [...]
Should You Go on a Pilgrimage?
“Hold on a minute, you want me to do what?” I asked my friend Terri. She explained, “We want you to come with us on a pilgrimage, hiking through Spain.” It sounded like a grand [...]