grief doesn’t ask before arrival. she punches you in the gut, rips a hole in your chest. she digs out a place to stay right in your heart. grief sends her heavy tendrils down your veins and roots you where you stand. she throws her head back and howls reverberations through every fiber. grief doesn’tContinue reading “love keeps her in the air”
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June 2021 in books
I read a great selection this month, and finished my first 2 pregnancy books! I’ve been working on a lot of different genres for my whole life, and this is a new genre for me. I’m excited for this next chapter!
unexpectedly expecting
after 5 years of marriage where we’ve clung to the party line of “God is bigger than birth control and the best laid plans of mice and men,” we’re taking the training wheels off!
May 2021 in books
In May I read 6 books, which was a light month for me. But they were all excellent!
be loved, beloved
the last few weeks I have been drawing towards the end of the first year of my spiritual direction training program. we wrote reflection essays and worked on crafting a rule of life to share with one another this last weekend. I wrote my essay and worked on my rule, and then the last componentContinue reading “be loved, beloved”
purpose
I’ve been writing and rewriting a few lines on purpose for the last several hours, and haven’t gotten beyond a few lines. I have only recently started to try working with more intentionality when it comes to my writing, and doing a 7 day challenge has been part of that. this week has been busyContinue reading “purpose”
Leaving Isn’t The Hardest Thing
I love memoirs, they’re so moving and powerful. This one is hard and heavy and hilarious and full of pain and love. and swears ♥️ I read Leaving Isn’t The Hardest Thing, by Lauren Hough “I was angry. I was tired of feeling sorry for myself. Which is really the same thing, but anger providesContinue reading “Leaving Isn’t The Hardest Thing”
question
A friend asked me a question today,Is God good or is God everything?And I realized I didn’t have an answer. Maybe that’s okay.Questions always seem like a good idea, learning, wisdom, exploration. But sometimes questions offer more grace than answers, and sometimes the non answer leads to more questions.I don’t understand the ins and outsContinue reading “question”
middle
the middle of the road,the middle of the bench seat,middle school,caught in the middle – uneasy, uncertain, undecided,overlooked, underestimated-I turn to my middle child status and find my place in the middle of the pack.fair to middling, mid life crisis.wakefulwatchful, in the middle of the night.stuck here in the middle with you.moving into mid 30s,Continue reading “middle”
remember
10 years ago today I walked across a stage and accepted my bachelor’s degree. I remember it very poorly; my ex-fiancé had broken up with me only a few weeks before, and most of the time in between had been filled with coffee, packing, nightmares, canceling wedding plans, panic attacks, goodbyes, ice cream, returning weddingContinue reading “remember”
perhaps the greater 