Garrison Keillor tells the story about a young boy who wanted a Lionel Train Set for Christmas.
The father, of a family of seven, was in the hospital and unable to work. The mother, worried about money did her best to prepare the children, “I’m sorry, but we won’t be able to have [...]
Read MoreFor the Christian faith, it is Advent, waiting for the birth of the Prince of Peace. With its requisite spat over whether we use Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. What a worthy debate, as we jostle one another, both hands loaded with shopping bags from Macys, Nordstrom [...]
Read MoreAnybody can find something they can do
–and do well.
I like to show people
you can either stop trying,
or you can pick yourself up
and keep going.
It is just more fun
to keep going. Ben Comen
Ben Comen holds the record as the slowest cross-country runner in the United States of America. On a typical 3.1 mile [...]
Read MoreTo touch can be to give life. Michelangelo
An eleven-year-old girl lived with her grandmother. Labeled “different,” adjustment to school was not easy. Her mother was not a reliable presence. As if life is not tough enough, her father had been recently killed. She knew him only vaguely, but not well and had [...]
Read MoreIn September, New Yorker magazine featured an article by Johnathan Safran Foer (who wrote a novel about a boy who lost his father in the twin towers tragedy) talking about the tragedy of 9/11.
“Is there anyone who hasn’t played out the nightmare of having been [...]
Read MoreMy son loves to dance. As soon as Zachary learned to walk, he began to dance. He would spin, hop, and slap his feet on our hardwood floor. Beethoven or the Beatles, he’s not picky about the music. Now almost seven, with his arms in the air, he looks like a [...]
Read MoreThe shot is true, a low laser, past an outstretched goalie, into the corner of the net. After he scores, Mr. Parker performs a joy unrestrained airborne jig, and bumps torsos with another teammate as the fans dance and cheer, GOOOOOOAL!
What makes this story so special? Mr. Parker has only one leg. [...]
Vashon Island,
Seattle, Washington
Terry Hershey is an author, humorist, inspirational speaker, dad, ordained minister, golf addict, and smitten by French wine. He divides his time between designing sanctuary gardens and sharing his practice of “pausing” and “sanctuary,” to help us do less and live more... read more
Empty Boxes
Christmas Eve, a young father watches his 3-year-old daughter do her best to wrap a present. Using a roll of expensive gold-foil wrapping paper, the girl cut and re-cuts, and uses up most of the roll. The longer the father stays the angrier he becomes, but says nothing, and watches as [...]
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