by Deb Farris | Jan 30, 2026 | Faith and Writing, Grace in Ordinary Life, Musings
I find the daily banter in our house especially humorous, interesting, if not sometimes distracting, these days. I don’t know where to go with the reeling thoughts I carry around in light of where we find ourselves in the world, and more specifically, in my own...
by Deb Farris | May 11, 2025 | Faith, Family, Musings
“Sometimes all a person needs is a smile and someone to listen,” Mary said… Mary is one of the many amazing mothers I know. Happy Mothers’ Day to each of you! 🩷🌸🙏 Because of the sensitive nature of this story, names have been changed. We’d dropped my car off to change...
by Deb Farris | Nov 9, 2024 | Devotions, Faith, Mental Health
“You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” The Rabbi read Psalm 16 in Hebrew then English to open the memorial service for my friend Jonathan Brostoff yesterday, November 8....
by Deb Farris | Jul 29, 2024 | Faith, Family, Musings, Writing
I’m happy to share that “Turning Mourning Dancing” won a short story contest in @KaleidoScript Magazine: “After twenty-one years and forty moves, which included a career in theatre and dance, a marriage, a son, abuse, a divorce, a new career, a new marriage, and a...
by Deb Farris | Jul 8, 2024 | Faith, Musings, Writing
It’s early on a beautiful summer morning. Just as I’ve finished doing all these little things— like waking up, praying, making the bed, drinking water, taking Fannie around the block, drinking water, doing 22 minutes of classical stretch with Miranda Esmonde-White on...
by Deb Farris | Jun 30, 2024 | Faith, Musings, Writing
—On Publishing, Prayers and Healing in My Second Chapter Sometimes I get so overwhelmed and filled with self doubt when I do my query searches for agents and publishers I feel like Dorothy in the field of the poppies. Oh, it can be discouraging and draining. Never is...
