donna arthur downs

As I lay beside my baby girl on the air mattress at the foot of the bed in her small room upstairs, deep in thought, she began picking at...

Small work boots danced on the flatbed train, first one knee high in the air, then another. He suddenly stopped and lifted his arms,...

What is it about a child's fearless joy that causes trembling, laughter, tears of joy and melancholy? Perhaps it's remembering our own...

As I headed to the mailbox this morning, the crisp air of January met me afresh. The snow covering the once-green grass barely crunched...

Abundant life? The question raised in church that Sunday morning was, “Do you have an abundant life?” To my left was a young family who...

My young niece recently posted on her Facebook wall: “There’s a difference between dreams and real life; in dreams you go to sleep and...