“Here’s your sweet baby girl!” the beaming nurse said as she bent down toward the operating table, so I could see my newborn daughter. When I first laid eyes on her tiny face, tears of joy spilled down my cheeks. Then a wave of panic set in. What did I know about being a mother? [...]
And God looked down on all He had made and said, “I need a caretaker.” So, God made a father. God said, “I need someone to take children fishing and play catch in the backyard. It must be someone who is tough enough to run a chainsaw and wield a machete and yet, gentle enough [...]
The doctor frowned and said, “No man is worth this. You’ve got to let him go and move on.” My friend “Ashley” just stared at him, thinking, But, how? She weighed 95 pounds. She couldn’t eat or sleep. She was emaciated body, mind and soul. That was 24 years ago. To see her smiling face now, [...]