Conversations with God

Hello God, it’s me, Mara:

You know, Lord, mending day happens; there are socks, shirts, jeans, you name it and it probably needs mending. Besides clothing, there is upholstery, fences, relationships, and even broken hearts to mend. Mending clothing isn’t all that complicated but on mending day, aren’t we ever so thankful that You did not give us a ‘dozen’ children. We’re thankful and grateful for the three girls (or are there five girls now?) who sort of call us substitute parents even though they were nearly all grown up by the time they became a ‘part of our family’.

Mending clothing takes t...