3-Ddays The rain in Normandy does not wash things clean; it only makes the gray of the limestone turn to the color of a bruise. I stood on the edge of the dune, clutching the leather-bound journal my father had kept in 1944. The ink was iron-gall, faded to the brown of dried blood, theContinue reading “3-Ddays”
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Chasing Rainbows
E. Michael Bablin We’re halfway home and I can’t stop watching the rainbow in the rearview. It’s all I want to look at, even though I’m the one driving and Bro is in the passenger seat scrolling through his phone, reading out loud some TikTok drama and then lapsing into silence so the car fillsContinue reading “Chasing Rainbows”
Searching for the great Zuby
Searching for the great Zuby by E. Micheal Bablin We swept into the party in a gust of half-melted snow and enthusiasm, the air still thick with the rumors we’d trailed behind us—dumb, persistent, alive. Even before I’d kicked the slush from my boots, a stranger in a frightened yellow sweater leaned across the jammedContinue reading “Searching for the great Zuby”
— Christmas Eve delivery—
In 1983, Christmas was on a Saturday. On that day, a letter was delivered to a young boy. The night’s weather varied: sometimes it rained, sometimes it snowed, and other times it was bitterly cold. But amidst the darkness, there was still the light and hope of Jesus Christ’s birth, the world’s savior.This Christmas Eve,Continue reading “— Christmas Eve delivery—”
