With New Eyes
Growing up without wearing glasses, I do remember some friends in early elementary school who wore them—Evelyn, Roger, Freddie, and Freida, to recall a few. No one in my immediate family wore glasses, but when I was ten years old, I remember my mother getting her...
The Speed of Life
Since childhood, I’ve always had an interest in measurements—quantifying everything by some value or another: the height of a building, the speed of an aircraft, the distance to the closest star, and how long it would take to reach it. Fortunately, for me, the speed...
Does God Hear the Prayers of Sinners?
It was one of those hectic days where, the moment I hung up from one call, another came in. Call after call—so many people in pain, and the familiar voices of regulars who were simply lonely and seeking connection. After some effort, I managed to politely wrap up a...