Rise And Shine

  “Rise and shine.” Every morning without fail my mom used to call these words to me as I slept in my cozy bed upstairs. I used to anticipate them when I heard her slippered feet coming down the hall in the early morning. She used to knock lightly on my door and then...

This Little Light Of Mine

  ‘This little light of mine. I’m gonna let it shine.’ I sang this little chorus more times than I can remember as a young girl in Sunday School. ‘Shine all over _______. ‘  The places changed from Levittown to Ashokan and Saugerties, Kansas City to Owego to...