by Shari Dragovich | Nov 27, 2013 | Faith, Home Front, Nature, Ribbon Box
The trees stand naked now–other than a few stubborn brown oak leaves insistent on hanging to their keeper, pretending they are Spanish moss on old Southern live oaks but looking more like soggy bits of brown paper bag scattered by a gusting wind and caught by...
by Shari Dragovich | Nov 23, 2013 | Faith, Women's Issues
I walk from my suburban towards the red double doors of our church suddenly aware of what I am here to do. It is one of the great things about my life: I am usually too busy to contemplate any plunges I am taking until the step into abyss is upon me. And since I am...
by Shari Dragovich | Nov 19, 2013 | Ribbon Box, These Days, Travel
“Mike tells me you are a writer,” one of our fellow breakfast companions commented to me. The gentleman had an accent that I couldn’t define and made me strain my listening. He also wore a smile that looked to have more behind it than simple interest. Superman and I...
by Shari Dragovich | Nov 11, 2013 | Faith, Home Front, Mothering, Uncategorized
We were sitting in the booth of a local coffee shop– just my second son and I–sipping our hot morning drinks, killing some time before I dropped him off at a day-long, Boy Scout service project. We were at one of my favorite coffee houses in Roanoke,...
by Shari Dragovich | Nov 5, 2013 | Faith, Nature, Ribbon Box
My eldest son and I were driving home from school on Friday chatting easily about his day: his relief at passing his Algebra 1 practice SOL (standardized testing for VA) that had him all knotted the night before, his concern for a football buddy hit hard in the prior...
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