We took the tree down today. I don’t remember another year when I have grieved letting go of Christmas quite so much. I am just not ready to release the twinkle and warmth of Christmas.…
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Sometimes I wake up in the morning feeling it– that feeling of being pushed from behind. It often follows me the whole day, this awful feeling of being hurried to get things done.…
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God is always speaking. When I look around me and listen carefully, I hear him. That is why I love doing a 365 project. It trains me to attend to his beauty and his voice. Today,…
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I have been praying for some time now for God to open me again- all of me. I have been closed tight since my Mama died October a year ago. My heart squeezes hard just…
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He comes into the kitchen, all smiles. My boy. His ruddy complexion reminds me of my dad’s. He sits down beside me, the muscles twitching in his still-smiling cheeks. I drink in the sight…
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It is with some trepidation that I am beginning yet another 365 project. I have only successfully completed one so far and that was in 2011. However, I know in my heart that it…
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I watch them walk down the beach into the sunset and my heart tightens a bit in my chest. It’s not sadness really. It is more like the melancholy that comes with being in…
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Mama This is my favorite photo of us. I wish I had one that showed your face at this moment but I know that mine was only mirroring yours. You were smiling, full of…