DOOL: Episode 7: The Shrubbery Ultimatum

Previously on DOOL: Sawyer had just finished scrubbing fertilizer off her hands when the HOA email hit her inbox with that annoying ding sound. Subject line: Violation Notice: Unapproved Landscaping ActivityShe zoomed in on the attached photo. It was a pixelated image of Blake Patterson’s front shrubs – as if the camera had a personal … Read more

DOOL: Episode 6 – The New Neighbor Brings Big Clipboard Energy

Previously on DOOL: Hawthorne Grove had always been a neighborhood of routine. Everyone knew everyone’s business—whether they wanted to or not. The same faces, the same passive-aggressive yard signs, the same HOA drama. But today, something was different. Sawyer had just taken a break from her daily ritual of refreshing her inbox—still no word from … Read more

Still Waters: When God Doesn’t Move the Rock

What God Wouldn’t Let me Ignore: “Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’”– 2 Corinthians 12:8–9 I’ve asked God to fix things more times than I can count. The thing, the … Read more