by Lesley | Jul 2, 2025 | courage, Devotion, Relationships, Surrender |
“You’re coming to the demonstration, right?’ my close friend asks me. “Yes,” I say, a note of reluctance in my voice. In the coming days, I question the notion of attending the political rally that my friend is organizing. I would like to support her creation, and she...
by Lesley | Jun 10, 2025 | courage, Relationships, Surrender |
On the way home from the new vet, hours to go, I drive into a storm. It’s like a curtain I glide through into a world of chaos. Rain pounds, hail bounces, cars, bumper to bumper, blink their emergency flashers. In my head swirls the vet’s cautioned voice, “May be...
by Lesley | May 26, 2025 | Creativity, Relationships, Surrender |
I’m on the court, a ball flying toward me. It bounces, and I swing my paddle, making contact. The ball arcs over the net and lands near the baseline, and I rush forward. Bam, bam, bam, it zooms back and forth…until it bounces out of my reach, and I lose the point. An...
by Lesley | Apr 29, 2025 | courage, Soul, Surrender |
Recently, I killed a squirrel—intentionally. I was walking our dog, Lester, along a country road near our house, when suddenly he scared up the little cutie. He tore after it, racing through a thicket of trees, and then back toward me, where the squirrel ducked...
by Lesley | Dec 10, 2024 | Creativity, Devotion, Surrender |
It starts as a quiet whisper a little voice telling me how I’ve been wronged. I cock my head to listen, and the words quicken, anxious like a bird’s heartbeat in the palm. Soon, I am seduced into a hurricane of thoughts. They rush and swirl, twirl me around until I’m...
by Lesley | Oct 28, 2024 | courage, Creativity, Devotion, Surrender |
Recently, after reading a book about how to make our planet sustainable, I set a matrix to volunteer some of my writing to that cause. Within a few weeks, a call came in from a nonprofit asking me to create a film script to help save some tropical rainforest. I...
