

Grocery Store Grace
I start my days to the sounds of NPR; it’s my morning alarm. Some mornings as I listen to the latest turmoil, I wonder for the umpteenth time why I keep an unrelenting 24-hour news cycle as my opening into a new day. It can feel like waking into the dark. But then, there are those days this station wakes me into light, highlighting an uplifting story, rich with compassion. For me, catching the light is always worth the wait. A few days ago I woke to a story of light, of every