I don’t especially like winters. The first snowfall is great, but it gets old quickly. On Monday, I was feeling grumpy and sorry for myself because of the snow and cold. Another day stuck inside. I was prepared to wallow in pity all day until I came across a YouTube video of Ethel Waters singing “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and the words, ‘Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home?’ The words took me back to my grandmother’s house in the little town of Spruce, Missouri. The town has all but disappeared now and my grandmother’s house has been gone for years, but I can still hear her singing that song as she went about her daily chores. Continue reading “I Sing Because I’m Happy”
Resolution
Four days into the new year and for most of us our New Year’s resolutions are already teetering. There is something about the promise of a new year that makes us try to resolve that we will do better, live better, eat better, be better, but as the saying goes, “the best laid plans…” Continue reading “Resolution”