Three Ways of Looking at Hope

1. Emily Dickinson called it the thing with feathers. She said it sings the song inside your soul. She said it never stops at all. But what if that little feathered thing is never fed? What if she has nothing to drink? How will she sing with an empty belly and a...

A Pillow for Irsy

“Does Irsy have a pillow, Mama?” Jack asks me. Irsy is the child we sponsor in Guatemala. “Because if she doesn’t, how is the tooth fairy going to leave her money in exchange for her baby teeth?” It’s September, and we’ve had...