by Charity Lee Jennings | Nov 4, 2016
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” Helen Keller I press the snooze button. 4:40am. My bed feels cozy, blanket soft. I groan. Who gets up at this hour? I let sleep pull me away. “You better wake up.” My husband...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 1, 2014
Mountains covered in evergreen and dotted with snow surround me in a horseshoe. I look away only long enough to cover my Madagascar Vanilla tea bag in boiling hot water, it’s flavor seeping out and swirling into the water. Pulling the cup into both hands, I look up...
by Charity Lee Jennings | May 24, 2014
“Mom, how come all of our friends get to go to America but we don’t,” our kids asked me while we were in China. Most of their friends are American, so when they go back to visit family, they go to the U.S. It had been a few years since we had been to...