By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Dandelions remind me of a cowboy from my former life as a sixth-grade teacher. He was in my Ancient World History class and lined up each morning with the rest of the students. Except he wasn’t much like the rest of the students. In
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer “How are you holding up?” an acquaintance asked the other day. The answer came without consideration: “By holding on.” The phrase “holding up” insinuates personal stamina, strength, jaw-clenching determination. But “holding on” says something else entirely. It points to solidity outside myself. I don’t
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer How many discouraging words have you heard lately? Probably more than a few. Last week as my heart strings twanged from someone’s negative feedback, I was reminded of how powerful words are to hurt or heal. Immediately a line from the chorus of an
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer God’s word has a way of reaching our soul, touching specific notes that respond to His call. Even if we don’t speak Hebrew or Greek or the King’s English. Even if we live on the other side of the world from where His scriptures
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Today is my youngest granddaughter’s birthday. It is also my mother’s. When girl-child number 3 was born, I felt an ancestral connection run through me that I’d not felt before. July 3 linked my granddaughter to my mother in a special way, with me