I didn’t lose my voice. I just can’t find the heart of my story or the right words to express it.

The Many Colors of Us: Remembering 9/11
by Veronica Jorge

Most people are a combination of various cultures, though I think their ancestors tended to confine their marriages to one continent.

Mine didn’t.

A story of second-chances, hope, friendship, gratitude, and yes, the redeeming power of love, A Slight Change of Plans, satisfies at many levels. As the title suggests, things may not always work out the way we plan or expect. Colby encourages us to believe that there is a good plan for our lives, and a Master Planner who knows how to put all of the pieces together in the right place if we would only trust Him and let Him.

The world’s treasures, many of them at your fingertips, in the pages of a book.

Such was my experience during a recent museum visit when I discovered an inspiring and uplifting work of art, Girl Balancing Knowledge, by the sculptor Yinka Shonibare. A British-Nigerian artist, he explores themes of cultural identity in a globalized world. The bright colors of the African Ankara fabrics he uses in his pieces are appealing and strikingly eye catching.