It’s a new year. Everyone is doing these turning of time posts. A year in review. Resolutions. Goals. Hopes. Dreams. Prayers… All I can think is… I don’t wanna fail. So I’m not doing any of that. I’m not setting myself up with goals or resolutions that I’m not going to come close to [...]
for Zoë Elaine I refuse to blindly tell her not to run inside or walk barefoot over stones or splash through ten-inch puddles to stay out of the mud or not to eat off the floor or that fire only burns I don’t want to just say no if there’s any reason to [...]
Don’t judge me because I finally understand allthe things I swore were wrong, allthe awful things that make you cringeand wonderwhy and how Don’t judge me likeI judged you Forgive me because I don’tknow what I’mdoing This time I get it and I know whatwill make a personcrackor snapor fall I swore I’d never do [...]
My 6yo son is just finishing Kindergarten at a private school in the area. He’s been at the preschool for three years now and he loves it. And for the most part, so do we. As he gets older though, the cost increases and we find we can no longer afford it. And I’m not [...]
Tired of the fighting “Girl, shut up and sit down now!” Inside the heart weeps
The line is always there. We all know it; we all see it. Poets, songwriters, motivational speakers ~ they all praise it It’s the symbol of hope and new beginnings, a new day dawning, a future that waits, or a journey that beckons. But the line always moves and lies just out of reach as [...]
Today marks a year since the day I died well… the piece of me that cares I always thought I knew where I was headed and who I was saved by grace and all that jazz but now I’ve walked through hell I’ve stopped believing in the afterlife if this is what it means I’ll [...]
Be still and know of the struggle toward holiness of the being and doing of the prayer of eternity of the work of the faith of the trembling knowledge of the over-worked saint of the remaining in stillness of the solitary communion of the wrestling for peace of the working ’til He comes in multifarious [...]
why do we let these moments define us? to subtly affect how we see ourselves? as if no one else messes up and everyone is stronger than we so if i peel back the layers and reveal to you mine, will you show me yours? they may be vastly different but see, they’re both beautiful [...]
it’s been so long now since you’ve been here hauling boxes from dusty spaces scratching heads to match colors faded This goes here… or maybe there… no, I think maybe you were right before… cookies crumble as the tree takes shape and we spread a sheet in Linus hues to hide the sorry state sipping [...]
