The story begs to be told. Tragic. Tender. Unbelievable. Two boys. The story as I understand it comes through the lips of a cloudy mind. After years of secrets and trauma it spills forth. It is spoken with sorrow and regret. And yet, the story, is of a divine design and speaks of a tender …
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The Flag
It is so easy to take up offense and wave it around, carrying it proudly, declaring it loudly, to all who will listen. The intent is to get as many people who will, to join you in the parade. The flag…Offense. Even the word on my tongue produces a bitter taste. I am tempted to …
Sabbatical
I am, in my imaginings, certain that others, who hold the pen, take a break with a great deal more flourish and grace than I ever could. They certainly announce their breaks or give substitute reading from peers who are currently exercising their writing. I have never been that graceful. I usually just abruptly get …
Mom Hugs
This is my second Mother’s Day without my mama. Many of you have been without your moms a lot longer. Yet every Mother’s Day our thoughts turn to them, by choosing, or not. I struggled for a few years with unpleasant and broken memories about my mother. Her last years were miserable and sadly, those …
The Edge
Do you ever feel like you are on the verge of understanding something but can’t quite SEE the complete picture? Like hanging on the edge of something, or peeking over a tall table and not quite being able to see what’s on top? I have often felt, more recently, that I am learning things in …
Clothed in Freedom
December thirty-first, last year, I was sitting in a puddle of tears having just walked through the death of my father-in-law with my husband and his siblings. The last couple of years have been difficult with the losses of my brother, my mother, my uncle, several friends and now my FIL. the hard and the …
Running
Apologizing to my readers, once again, I have been running away, hiding, ditching the writing. When a writer says they have writer’s block, I wonder if that’s a thing or if they are just hiding out from doing the thing they were made to do. Are they pretending they can’t think of anything to write? …
I Am Enough
Much of my life has been spent on the art of pleasing others. I learned early that the better I walked, behaved, served, danced, sang, spoke, wrote, cared-for, cleaned, painted, cooked, or in other words…performed, the better I was loved and accepted. If I wasn’t first, if I wasn’t receiving praise, I internalized FAILURE. The …
Our Children
“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.” Psalms 127:4 Forty years of marriage has been blessed with three living children and now ten grandchildren. The undeniable blessing of children in our lives has been the most fertile growing ground for growth as a couple and as people of …
Food and Family
“The bread of God is the One who came out of heaven to give His life to feed the world.” ~John 6:33 TPT I sat down at the dinner table the other evening, having prepared a ‘sumptuous repast’, when my husband joined me with a flourish, stating, “And this is what makes a great marriage” …