by Robin Farnsworth | Jul 25, 2018 | Faith, Loss
Will finished his cigarette and took one last look around his yard, his house then grabbed his cooler and shoved it into the back of his black pickup and rode off. I could see him through my sunroom window where I pray every morning, through the thin layer of cedar...
by Robin Farnsworth | May 10, 2018 | Love
Manners. I hated learning them and I was the only girl north of Baltimore who knew how to curtsy. I was banished from many meals, red with shame for “smacking my lips” or slipping an elbow onto the table. It was often absurd and out of touch, but included in...
by Robin Farnsworth | Mar 5, 2018 | Faith, Hope
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT Georgia is a dog. Georgia is my new dog. She’s as...
by Robin Farnsworth | Feb 13, 2018 | Hope, Love, Uncategorized
“First Corinthians 13…” I’m opening a small Bible that I brought to give to one of the inmates. “Where is that?” Jessica asks. “It’s right here.” I push the Bible towards her, keeping my finger on the page. Kara...
by Robin Farnsworth | Jan 14, 2018 | Dementia, Loss, Love
My eyes snapped open as I heard the soft creak of the stairs, the gentle whoosh of the front door, then a few minutes later, an engine turn over. As it idled for a minute, my husband rolled over next to me. “Why does she do that?” he asked in a...
by Robin Farnsworth | Dec 9, 2017 | Faith, Random
Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” Song of Solomon 2:15 ESV “It’s my fault,” my husband admitted as we scooped the garbage into a new bag. “I should’ve put a lid...
