by kimhyland | Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Slowly. Carefully. So humbly, she lifted the cup to the young woman’s lips. I’d watched this caretaker throughout the weekend. How she served the other, severely handicapped, bound to her wheelchair. Her beauty was radiant. Peace oozed out of her. She...
by kimhyland | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
I found her two winters ago. It was a dark time for me, and her words soothed my broken, disillusioned soul. Her pictures brought beauty to a dreary mind. And she challenged me to give thanks. Not to just think thankful thoughts but to actually write them down, record...
by kimhyland | Feb 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Half an oyster shell sits by my bathroom sink. Every morning I see its dull grey-brown surface and am reminded. Of the unseen. I have it by my sink, so I can watch the rainbow of colors appear on its surface when I hold it under the running water. Like magic, brought...
by kimhyland | Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Sounds like someone might be sick,” I said to Jeff as he came out of the bathroom. Still lying in bed, I listened trying to determine if I was hearing coughing or vomiting. It got quiet, and I drifted back to sleep. A few minutes later Jeff walked in...
by kimhyland | Jan 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
My soul is starving. Like that hunger after the holidays when you just want something simple, wholesome to eat. Sugared out, your body craves health. Things like fruit. Fresh. Simple tastes that simply feed your body’s true hunger. In all the revelry of the...