Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson

Knowing the Tides

Near the end of his life, my father-in-law, John Beal, wrote a powerful William Shakespeare quote into his journal. Shakespeare had written about the tides—the ebbs, flows, and movements—of a person’s life, and how one’s success or failure is largely…

Easter Dresses

I will never forget the moment and it still melts me even in memory. One Easter Sunday morning many years ago, my daughters were getting ready for church in their beautiful, new Easter dresses. They curled their hair and painted…

The Watchdog (100-word story)

I never envied Apollo or his sleepless nights outside the nursery door, keeping watch over the precious life within, at least never until the evening phone calls began to frighten her. But after several nights of successive threats and spreading…