by Andi | Apr 20, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
Serendipity is my favorite word* for four reasons. First, it just feels very cool when you say it, all soft and serene and then curvy, like those great windy roads my dad used for “swerving” when we were kids and my brother and I wanted to slam into each... by Andi | Apr 18, 2012 | Andi's Book
The cemetery sits back off a road so green with kudzu that if I stopped moving for long I might be wrapped in it and rooted into Alabama forever. I don’t think I’d mind. A green sign points the way – “Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church.” I... by Andi | Apr 17, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I’m sitting in a hotel room in Montgomery, Alabama this morning. It’s just 8 o’clock, and I can feel the waffle maker calling my name from down the hall. . . but once the waffle is gone . . . well, I’m a little baffled about what to do next. .... by Andi | Apr 16, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
We danced . . . It was gloriously ridiculous – Sam told me before we came that at first it’s as embarrassing as karaoke, but then he forgets about himself: which would be my definition of heaven. — Anne Lamott On Saturday, a group of men came to the... by Andi | Apr 8, 2012 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
It’s Easter Sunday morning in my universe, and each year, I find the truth of Easter more powerful – that life can be renewed, that sacrifice can redeem, that death is not final. Today, as I think about my mom, I take great comfort in these hopes. For...