by Brenda McWilliams | Jan 17, 2025 | Feature-, Opinion
In a somber ceremony at Washington National Cathedral on January 9, 2025, our nation paid homage to the late President Jimmy Carter. Eulogies and the homily lauded his character, honesty, integrity, respect, compassion, love and care for all God’s creation. Stu...
by Brenda McWilliams | Sep 28, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
My mental health professional speaks in terms of a “reset” or “reboot.” In other words, “Let’s turn it off and in a bit, turn it back on and see what happens.” That idea regarding my mental and emotional state elicits a chuckle. Alas, some part of me still has a...
by Brenda McWilliams | Apr 6, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I was hiking solo, plodding along the trail and occasionally, carefully, picking my way through the gnarly roots poised at a moment’s notice to grab a toe or entrap a heel and take me to the ground. It was quiet. No chatter with hiking friends nor playlist pulsing...
by Brenda McWilliams | Dec 30, 2022 | Opinion
I was awakened at 4 a.m. Christmas morning, not by “visions of sugar plums” but by the words of Dana Shapiro. “Moments that announce themselves as your subject are rare and there’s magic to them. Ignore them at your own peril,” she wrote in her 2020 book Still...
by Brenda McWilliams | Oct 31, 2022 | Opinion
We pulled our little travel trailer from storage and headed out for a four-week road trip. After 10 months of no travel, we embarked on an approximately 3,000-mile road trip with planned stops throughout the southeast. Preparation required some seemingly minor...