Author: heathercmorris

  • Fear, Love, and Truth in the Time of COVID

    Fear, Love, and Truth in the Time of COVID

    About three weeks ago, I was working with my youngest as she learned to ride her bicycle (with training wheels) confidently. She was afraid and struggling, and in my encouragement to her, I heard the reminders that our Heavenly Father gives to us – “Do not be afraid. I am with you.” I sat down…

  • 2nd Law

    2nd Law

    The ruins of time and the ravages of state,                                     The dulling of blades and the dimming of plate                         Foreshadow the inexorable fate                                       Of those of us walking around.                         Disillusionment dances and deftly romances                                     Those with ideals and resolve.                         Whilst hope seems dated and is roughly sedated                                     By those…

  • Stories That Shape Us – The Day I Went to Jail

    My friend and I pounded on the wooden walls of our cell, insisting that we had been wrongfully imprisoned, begging to be released. We had long ago realized that the dim lighting in the cell prevented us from seeing anything clearly. The wooden slats of the cross bars allowed minimal sunlight to filter into the…

  • Life’s Work – a fragment

    Life’s Work – a fragment

    I recently felt compelled to write something…a story, a novel, who knows?…about my own life. But not really. While I may have had some similar experiences to my main character, I never felt the shock and pain described for Margaret. What’s below is a piece of what I have planned. Let me know what you…

  • Snapshots

    At one point this summer, our lives – our reactions, our love, our joy, our despair, our confusion – were perfectly captured in a series of snapshots taken by a dear friend. The candid shots were taken unbeknownst to my husband, my mother, my daughter, me, or any of our friends sitting near us. Once…