Today I watched a video about the experiences of Egyptian immigrants to Nashville. Many of them were professionals in their home country – doctors, hotel managers, teachers, lawyers. But they can’t do those things here without getting a degree from an American college. So the majority of them work at Opryland Hotel. I worked with …
Tag: death
Thirteen Years
Will, Sometimes I am scared that I will forget your face. Or your voice. Or how exactly you sounded when you said, “Hey, Kris.” Sometimes I am scared of forgetting how beautiful your life was. Sometimes I am scared of a world that goes on when you are gone. I am scared of the eighteenth …
Joy Comes In The Morning
Today would have been my brother’s 30th birthday. A year after Will’s death, my mom and I traveled to Sewanee to attend a day conference on Centering Prayer. We learned that Centering Prayer is a meditation-like prayer time in which you let go of conscious thoughts and focus on a word or a phrase that …
Lenten Reflections: Excruciating Joy
Today’s guest blogger is my mom, Jean Roberts Knox. It’s hard to write a “bio” for her since she raised me, but I’ll try! Mom has taught piano, been a file clerk, been a missionary, and currently is an administrative assistant/office administrator at the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry. She rocks at …
My Oscar Pick: Tree of Life
Congratulations to all the Oscar winners from last night! Big night for The Artist. Personally, I was hoping Tree of Life would win something. **This is an excerpt from something I wrote the night I saw the movie Tree of Life.** All my friends told me I had to see it. What a great movie …