Tag: love
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The Divorce
by Madam Shylock, ©2024 (Jan. 31, 2023) — “I love you, Daddy.” “And I love you, too.” “Can we call Mommy at work and tell her that we love her?” “Yes, I think we can do that.” “Hello, this is Mr. ‘X’; may I please speak to my wife? She works on the third floor.”…
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In Celebration of Mothers
by Sarah Earlene Shere, ©2023 (May 21, 2023) — Two months ago I had no idea I’d be rocking in my chair, singing a lullaby to a warm bundle held in my arms. No, I don’t have a baby, nor do I feel the desire for one. My bundle of joy is my newly adopted,…
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The Letters
by Sarah Earlene Shere, Hosanna Heralds, ©2023 (Feb. 24, 2023) — [See the previous installments of this story here.] February 26, 1864 Dear Little Heart, When uncertainty arises, nestle against the heart of Who you know God is, and pray. The same can be true of your beloved. When outside forces and changeable feelings are…
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The Letters
by Sarah Earlene Shere, Hosanna Heralds, ©2023 (Feb. 10, 2023) — [See Part 1 of this series here.] February 12, 1864 My Darling Girl, When I was your age, I was given the impression that, when one fell in love, every love song and every poem would seem to have been written for you and…
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The Letters
by Sarah Earlene Shere, Hosanna Heralds, ©2023 (Feb. 3, 2023) — Particles of dust danced around the solitary lightbulb that I had set to swinging by pulling its chain. Looking up at the cobweb-draped mirror across the attic, I was startled to see a woman’s reflection (not my own). She sat in a chair at…
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On a Wish and a Prayer
by Sarah Earlene Shere, ©2022 (Aug. 19, 2022) — “I love you,” was all she could think to say, as the wind carried her whisper away. Princess Adaline stood on her balcony, straining her eyes in the darkness. Even if the sun were shining down on the treetops before her, she knew she would not…
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Vunderful Valentines! Loopy Lupercalia!
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Feb. 14, 2021) — There were actually three St. Valentines, all beheaded for their love of Christ in the late 3rd century. So there is something about love. No actual records survive, but one was alleged to have been beaten, stoned and beheaded for conducting illegal Christian weddings. Yes, marriage was controversial…
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How Are We to Respond to Such Anger?
“TOO GREAT A BURDEN TO BEAR” by Maurice Hamel, ©2020 (Oct. 28, 2020) — Do you ever wonder, “what is going on in the world?” Why do we see such hatred in the national news? It is no longer just something that happens in Third World countries and in the Middle East. Suddenly there is…
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Wiping Out Racism With Love, Education & Action
“WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER” by Shahnaaz Mason, ©2020 (May 31, 2020) — God loves Derek Chauvin. Two days after he killed George Floyd by crushing his trachea with his knee for more than eight minutes, it is extremely difficult to admit that fact. Nevertheless, the fact that God loves him is as true as the…
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The Age of Reason
RESTORING “PEACE AND ORDER” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Mar. 25, 2015) — When you dissect it to the core, when all that’s left is what’s on the table, and when you walk away and there’s nothing left, that’s when you know you have the answer. Sure, we could’ve been wiped out with the dinosaurs, but we weren’t…
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What I Mean by the Words, “I Love You”
“NEVER LET IT GO” by Colonel Bob Pappas, USMC, Retired, ©2013, blogging at Gulf1 (May 12, 2013) — If ones listens to or watches the media, Christianity is to be eschewed, Christians are scorned and being “born again” is laughable…which for a Christian is expected because there is an ongoing war between the forces of…
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Tennessee State Penitentiary Inmate: Monroe County “Like a Town in Cuba”
“THEY DON’T LIKE IT WHEN I TELL THE TRUTH” by Todd Sweet, ©2012, Inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (Jan. 14, 2012) — Editor’s Note: The Post & Email is in receipt of a 13-page letter from an inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg, TN, who was previously housed at the Monroe…