Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
A third of 25-35 year-olds back home living with parents? What a paradigm shift. I was listening to “On Point” this morning to a discussion of “Why a Third of Millennials Live at Home.” As the parent of a 32-year-old son living in an apartment in our walk-out basement, I found this an interesting topic. In many… Read More
I love playing games, I always have, and one of the people I loved to play games with was Lucy Klein Evenhouse, my mother-in-law or as I like to say mother-in-love. She died in 2011, but I still miss her. As I play games with my grandchildren, I think of her and smile. Let me tell you about… Read More
THE INTERRUPTION You’re on a roll checking items off your to-do list. You hit the writer’s sweet spot—the words are pouring out of your mind through your fingers on the keyboard. Dastardly Dan has tied Sweet Nell to the train tracks, and Dudley Do Right is trying desperately to beat the oncoming train to rescue… Read More
Do you see him? The moon is full, round, and brilliant— so bright that trees cast shadows and I can find my way in the darkness. I stand still and look at the moon, in awe at the beauty, whispering thanks for the light, and I see him— the man in the moon, looking lovingly… Read More
“We can lose our souls while we’re trying to serve God if we become instruments of hate instead of love.” The above sentence jumped out at me in Rebecca Hamilton’s blog today. God is love. Jesus loved us so much he suffered and died for us to take the punishment that we deserve—not because we’re… Read More
Who wears the “Less Than” label in your world? The preamble to our constitution begins, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for… Read More
Would their passion have survived the humdrum of a lifetime of petty disagreements? We’re celebrating our 44th wedding anniversary this month. My husband’s favorite comment is, “30 of the best years of my life.” And that’s when we’re having a good day. The fact that we can joke about it is a good thing. When someone asked… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 