Christina Harrell

A Letter to YOLO

by Christina Dates on the calendar are such a strange thing. A joyful event occurs on a certain date and you remember that date forever. A tragedy falls on a day and you never forget and dread its anniversary remembering anew that things will never be the same again. And meanwhile, we cross hundreds of daysContinue reading “A Letter to YOLO”

A Letter to My 11 Year Old Daughter

You got home from school the other day, pulled out your school photo (the one with the stock elephant gray background) and observed, “Oh! I look so pretty…” My head swiveled from whatever nonsense distracted me at that moment and I breathed in the air of self-confidence you had just deposited in the room. YouContinue reading “A Letter to My 11 Year Old Daughter”

A Letter to Christian Cliches

I am not one to quibble about little phrases overused in society (yep. I am, actually) but one I see with regularity is “God showed up.” Examples: “You should have seen that car accident! God showed up and the onlooker was able to pull the man out of the burning truck.” “Last night at theContinue reading “A Letter to Christian Cliches”