When I was a kid, growing up in church, I heard a lot about right and wrong. The whole stereotype message of the Baptist preacher "hell fire and brimstone." Yeah, I was buried deep in that. I remember when I was eight and realized I...
{Notice: The following is a little lengthy so--if you must--read it by the teaspoon. Read half tonight with a cup of tea...
What if you're not alone? What if you're understood? What if you're watched over? What if you're protected? What if you're loved? What if that love has no conditions? What if you have to do nothing to be accepted? What if you're special? What if you're beautiful? What if beauty is inscribed on your...
I keep fighting the urge to apologize for how dreary my blog posts have been lately, but then I remind myself you come here freely and then I feel less guilty about the genuine out pour of my sad heart. Do not be mislead though...
It occurred to me the other day that no one writes their story while livingtheir story. We don't write our story while living it because we don't know the ending. It's too scary to write a story you don't know the ending to. We want...
The other night I posted a picture of my tear-stained face on Instagram. (Ok...
I've been writing about pain a lot lately. It's not that pain is all I have to talk about. I have been intentional about watching sunsets, noticing the phases of the moon, and how brightly the stars shine as the night gets darker. I have...
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind." {Henry James} When I was a youngster, I was intrigued by light bulbs. In the same way that I was unable to stop staring...
There is a song by Laura Story called "Blessings" that I have not been able to get out of my head for days now. In the past, I have been of the opinion that it is one of those cheesy, Christian songs that are simply...
So it seems it is August already. Half of the year has already slipped through our fingertips; a multitude of moments forgotten or not, completely irretrievable. I can hardly believe it. I am just curious...
