Desert Coach

  I grew up in the Valley of the Sun. Over the years no environment has captured my imagination and desire to venture out more than the desert that has surrounded me these many years. What is it about the desert that makes it have such a fascination? Why did Jesus Himself venture out and get tempted in this arid environment? Why have so many faced with the big questions of life chosen the desert as their home? Solitude perhaps. Light in abundance. Danger. Unrelenting heat and the extreme hotness of summer months. A harsh reality of remoteness and seeming abandonment. For myself the desert has been a place to think and dream of love and redemption. It has become a place to work the devil out. Poems of the phoenix desert series are my trail markers of experiences and musings from my venturing out into this solitary land.

  Mother's Day is a day of honor. It is a day that helps define the very best about LOVE. It is a day that shows the true extent of   SACRIFICE. It is a day to honor all the kindness big and small that mothers show every day. It is a day of THANKS. Let's flood all the Mothers out there today with calls and visits to just say THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO MOMS!