By Kelly Carr I’m one of those people who likes brainstorming. I know others who find it tedious, but brainstorming energizes me. When it comes to creating new things, I function well in a group setting. On my own I have a few ideas, but when I talk those over even with just one or […]
By Kelly Carr My dad had joked that it would be all downhill from here. He was right. When I was in junior high, my softball team came in first in our league and headed to the city tournament. During the semifinals, I hit a grand-slam home run to win the game. During the final, […]
By Kelly Carr With one movement, it toppled. It was a small vase, given to me by a loved one who had visited one of the smallest countries in the world: Liechtenstein. Now a large shard has broken off, and I look upon it with sadness. If I’m sad when a material possession is broken, […]
By Kelly Carr Surreptitiously I crept to the hall closet, making my 7-year-old self as minuscule as possible. With furtive glances about me, I swiftly, silently opened the door and dove inside, closing it behind. Heart pounding, I tried to slow my rapid breath. This was it—the moment of truth. With trembling fingertips I reached […]
By Kelly Carr There was a room in my home church where I loved to go when I was a kid—because fun things were always going on inside. In that room we’d have special youth group nights, playing games, watching a Bible movie, eating popcorn. In the summer we’d have VBS activities in the room, […]
