Lent 2023 - Murrelets

Estrangement Self-protection Justified Guilt Survival Fear Remorse Walk Don’t talk Too much to say Silence Last re…

I voluntarily lost a friend during the past national Election. We had bonded years ago over our teenage children’s misbehaviors and subsequent enroll…

I read today's prompt -- who is someone you are no longer close to? -- and I think: God? Nature? Then I read the day's lectionary readings. A…

I have a close friend back east whom I still try to remain in touch with, though mostly through e-mail. We went on outings together and had long, lov…

I can’t remember the last time I saw my nephew, Alec Prentice. We were never close because we did not live near each other and rarely visited. When…

A former workplace scenario came to mind with this prompt. We had a near perfect team, a group of similar aged gals, on the same page, working togeth…

Whether thinking of high school or college friends, it’s not so much estrangement as it is grown and changed in different ways. I moved away from th…

This one is close. The sorrow of our last encounter still races my heart. It pounds fear and dashed hope in my chest. Yet I look around. His molecule…

Étrangère One day I called and said, “I miss you.” You were in your truck, your husband driving. You told me so, maybe fumbling for what to say, you,…