“A strong marriage rarely has two strong people at the same time. It is a husband and a wife who take turns being strong for each other when the other feels weak.” Ashley Willis August 18, 2021 Dear Richard, […]
Kimberly Lynn Harper
Black, White and Blue
Black I recently watched as another African American man was murdered by a policeman. To me, it matters not whether George Floyd was a sinner or a saint, he is a fellow citizen, and a child of God. He was killed by a police officer that used his uniform, position, power and force to harm […]
A Mother’s Prayer
Continued from previous post… Don’t Worry, Daddy In my last two posts, When Words Matter Most and Don’t Worry, Daddy, I shared Richard’s thoughts and fears as he drove to be with Alyssa in Oklahoma. I shared his heartache after viewing the MRI of Alyssa’s brain. It was clear to Richard that Alyssa had […]
Don’t Worry, Daddy
Continued from previous post… When Words Matter Most Christmas, 2002, and June 13, 2009 Alyssa, purposely speaking in a voice younger than her years, wrote this poem for Richard. She gave it to him as a Christmas gift in 2002. She was sixteen-years-old at the time. Even when moving from one house to […]
When Words Matter Most
Continued from previous post… Keeping Watch By Night September 8, 2017, 11:00 pm to midnight Feeling incredulous, I now stood near my 30-year-old daughter’s hospital bed in the intensive care unit of a regional hospital in Oklahoma. How did Alyssa’s diagnosis of a stomach virus 2 days ago, turn into a brain tumor, hemorrhage and […]
Keeping Watch by Night
Continued from Previous Post… The Sound of Silence “Honey, I hate to tell you, but it does not get more serious than this,” Richard said about our daughter Alyssa after her emergency MRI confirmed a brain tumor, hemorrhage and probable cancer diagnosis. He told me this over the phone as he drove from Arkansas […]