by Laurie Short | May 19, 2016 | Faith, step parenting
The story began five years ago when I spoke at a college. But in truth, it started way before that. And tonight as I took this picture at my dinner table, I realized the story had become what no one could have imagined. You see when I married, my husband...
by Laurie Short | Mar 28, 2016 | Faith, hope, miracles
Coming off the events of Holy week, I’m aware that Easter can feel like a movie you love that you’ve already seen. You get into it. You relish your favorite parts. But you know how the story ends. And that changes the way it is lived out. You don’t...
by Laurie Short | Feb 2, 2016 | Faith, light at the end of the tunnel
“The Light at the End of the Tunnel” is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as the prospect of success, relief, or escape after strenuous effort. However I could define it in 2 small non-word sounds: Yeeeeee hawwwww! It’s the same sound you make on a horse,...
by Laurie Short | Jan 19, 2016 | Faith, faith in the dark, Marine helicopter crash
Light is all around us. But we only really see light when it is dark. Such is the mystery of life. It was darkness that moved me today to see the people I love more clearly. To let my eyes linger on the gifts they actually are. Because I’m aware that there is a...
by Laurie Short | Nov 17, 2015 | Faith, Faith over Fear, Finding Faith in the Dark, Paris bombings
Last Summer I went to Paris. Until last week, that was a happy phrase, conjuring up images of romance and croissants and the river Seine leading you everywhere you want to be. Heck, I even filled a blog about those images. https://laurieshort.com/postcard-from-paris/...