by bethwestcott | Jun 21, 2018 | learning and life, Uncategorized
(An excerpt from “Escape Code” by Beth Westcott) Awaking to the patter of rain against her window, twelve-year-old Summer Bradford groaned and pulled her blanket over her head. She waited for sleep to return....
by bethwestcott | Jun 12, 2018 | learning and life, Uncategorized
One day, traveling in unfamiliar territory, my husband and I set our GPS device (we call her Mandy), trusting that we would arrive at our intended destination. When each turn led us onto a narrower road, and the surface became dirt, and we could never have met...
by bethwestcott | Jun 7, 2018 | learning and life
Do you like to wait? Do you agree that the best things in life are worth waiting for? Here are some things I’ve waited for: I waited to start school. I had to be old enough. I waited to graduate. I had to study, learn, take tests, and pass enough subjects to...
by bethwestcott | May 24, 2018 | learning and life
I’m in cleaning mode right now. For the past four plus years my husband and I have been “downsizing.” It involves a lot of throwing away and giving away. I have to find new homes for a lot of my books (groan). My houseplants are also being downsized...
by bethwestcott | Apr 23, 2018 | learning and life
I think each of us wants to know our life has meaning, to know we are accepted and belong. In a life that is filled with brokenness–broken homes, broken hearts, broken souls–people are searching for significance, to know that we matter to at least one...
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