The Root of It

The Root of It

[title subtitle=”WORDS Sarah Phillips-Burger IMAGE Walter Bilotta/Shutterstock”][/title] “I’m going to take Tilly to your mother’s for the morning,” Jacob announced before kissing Lana on the forehead. Lana, lying in bed, simply nodded in reply. “Is there...
What Remains

What Remains

[title subtitle=”WORDS Sarah Phillips Burger IMAGE Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock”][/title] Carrie blinked away a tear as the credits scrolled on the television, and then looked at her family asleep on the sectional around her. Her husband, Bryan,...
Clock Dance

Clock Dance

[title subtitle=”review: Marla Cantrell”][/title] By Anne Tyler Alfred A. Knopf | 292 pages | $27 Anne Tyler, a Pulitzer Prize-winning literary icon, takes the ordinary lives of ordinary people and lifts them so high they become ethereal. This is...
Leading Through the Turn

Leading Through the Turn

[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: courtesy Elise Mitchell”][/title] In 1995, Garth Brooks was making waves in country music. At the box office, Braveheart was a runaway hit, and Ebay was unveiling its shopping and auction site. But something...
Christmas Eve at the Hard Times Cafe

Christmas Eve at the Hard Times Cafe

[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell”][/title] As soon as Donna steps foot in the Hard Times Café she isn’t Donna anymore. Here, where she waitresses, they called her Red, because of her fiery hair that seems to always fight against the rubber band...

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