by Amy Bretall | Feb 26, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Inspired, Life
Talking with a good friend last year I shared my reading of Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life book. She told me she read it a handful of years ago. Really? We used to work together and would share books we were reading, but this one was not mentioned. In...
by Amy Bretall | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Inspired, Life, Love
One year before she passed, my grandmother by blood moved from a space she lived for 72 years- 59 years with grandpa and 13 years on her own after he passed. Seventy-two years in the same house. 72 years.Visiting her several times before she moved she said she will...
by Amy Bretall | Feb 5, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Life, Love
Once I started looking for crosses, I saw them all around. Sure, I went to the usual places – inside and outside of churches. It is an experience to visit a church during the week and be the only person in the sanctuary – peace, stillness, and beauty....
by Amy Bretall | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Life, Love
My Sweet Jean. Keeping you Close. I wear your long amber beaded necklace, over a hundred years old that your mother gave you. I wear your gold hoop earrings. And I wear your soft plaid scarf. Daily, I find things of yours to keep you close. Going about my day, I...
by Amy Bretall | Jan 21, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Life
One year ago today, January 22, 2016, started my focused pursuit of the cross. I was driven to find and take photos of crosses, ones I had passed many times, but never saw, in urban settings, rural roads, churches -I looked for crosses every day and took photos. And I...
by Amy Bretall | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog, Inspired, Life
My mother recently gave me a gift—the view into a time passed. A photo of my sister (right) and I (left), she age 3 and me age 2. Since receiving I have been thinking about this image. My mom digitalized all the old “slides” from the 1970’s. I remember...