by Ginger Hughes | Mar 26, 2018 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes I’m not sure what she saw when she looked at me. There were no tears. My eyes were no longer swollen or red-rimmed. I was simply standing at the door of the intensive care unit, eyes downcast, waiting for my cousin to join me there. I glanced up...
by Ginger Hughes | Feb 28, 2018 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes A compass has a small magnetic pin suspended within the casing that allows the needle to spin freely responding to our planet’s magnetism. This needle aligns itself, pointing toward the top of the Earth’s magnetic field, pointing North. Like no...
by Ginger Hughes | Feb 14, 2018 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes Before there were chocolates in red, heart-shaped boxes and sugared candies that say “Be Mine.” Before there were fancy dinners at steakhouses and expensive gifts of jewels and fine metals. Before all of the pomp and circumstance of Valentine’s Day,...
by Ginger Hughes | Jan 16, 2018 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes As a mom, there have been moments where I truly wanted to stop time. Moments so special and so sacred, I didn’t want them to end. Moments where the slight weight of my newborn daughter was cradled in my arms and the moonlight drifted through the...
by Ginger Hughes | Dec 31, 2017 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes Organ music fills the sanctuary as voices join together singing, “Silent Night, Holy Night.” Prayers are prayed, and scripture is read. Those familiar verses from Luke detail the most sacred of stories—Jesus’ birth. The lights are dimmed, and the...
