Wish. Wash. Awaken.
Keri Horon2023-07-20T12:34:39-07:00I want to get baptized too. Six words. Six powerful words. And six words that were communicated purposefully, accurately, and simply. They were not to be ignored. […]
Lemme’ See You Smile
Keri Horon2023-02-04T17:26:17-08:00During the winter months, we like to watch Wheel of Fortune while eating dinner. Somehow, the combination of comfort food and Pat Sajak’s corny jokes just caps off a wintry evening. And the routine of [...]
The Goodwill Glass Debacle
Keri Horon2022-11-17T21:56:53-08:00Sitting on the garage floor, collecting dust and occasionally getting kicked by our careless footsteps, was a collection of glassware in various baskets. Like most of the world, stay-at-home mandates provided time (lots and lots [...]
Offerings
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:22:35-08:00This fictional short story is in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day (April 2nd) and Autism Awareness Month (April). May the ones who misunderstand gain a bit of insight; may the ones who love those [...]
A Bountiful SUNday
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:28:05-08:00Easter Sunday fell on April fourth in 2021. We were entering the fourteenth month of the Covid pandemic; lockdowns and restrictions had begun in early March 2020. It seemed that each and every time a [...]
Burgeoning Blossoms
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:29:14-08:00Looking up, I noticed small buds on a tree about to pop with white blossoms in the middle of February, and a squirrel scritch-scratched his way along a still-bare branch. It glanced at me as [...]
Rooting for Zach
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:30:57-08:00“Look at that,” she said. “It’s bad. It probably needs to come out.” My stomach lurched. Out? Needing to remain calm for him, I anchored my feet and took a deep breath. Zach was [...]
Elsa
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:31:41-08:00When Walt Disney Pictures released their 53rd animated feature film, Frozen, in 2013, we pretty much ignored it. I was intrigued by the connection to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen," but not [...]
Don’t Give Me the Finger!
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:32:05-08:00As I raised the blinds in my son’s bedroom the other morning, I noticed his arm stretch out from beneath the blanket. His sleepy eyes looked at me – rather, at my clothes – and [...]
Zipping Through Milestones
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:32:40-08:00Milestones. One might say these are roadside markers measuring distance. Another might think of significant events in life: a graduation, the start of a new job. And still others may define milestones in the context [...]