Anyone whose ever been slashed with internal scars, knows the defeaning quiet and how it can disform a weary soul. Frozen white smothers the landscape in our back five acres, like His grace that promises to coat, deep within. White-washing, laying a blanket over everything ugly, over everything unappealing; like what most all of us ache […]
I was told the other day, there is a girl who found out she was pregnant. She is planning to abort her child. She isn’t wicked, evil, or bad. Instead, she is an orphan herself, on the inside; forgotten, alone, and sad. This week, New York made it legal to abort children up until their due […]
They dance like ballerinas, around a toy-filled floor, scattered with memories & ideas taking them to a land where fairy princesses live. Chopin and Beethoven play in the background, like a carefully orchestrated backdrop to their wildly imaginative dreams. I see them bow and spin, laugh and giggle, as if the whole world and all there […]
I’ll never forget it, waking up before the sun rose, climbing in my dad’s vehicle, boat on top, headed for lake waters. My timid nature and blonde locks bounced, yet inside I felt brave, being able to bait a line with a wiggly worm, all by myself, thanks to lessons from my older brother. Inside I […]
It likely will take you less than three minutes to run across a post, article, or Facebook thread declaring, “Think positive” or “Sending ‘good thoughts’ your way”, as if positive thinking alone is magic, this idea that we can gather our “plus energy” and use it for our benefit or other people’s gain. Hollywood has substituted it, […]
The day breaks with a stillness that grips every shaking heart. It sinks deep inside, capturing what was rivaled and turning, spinning and running. Songs of yesterday still linger in the shadows of the mind, while the waves have made way for a dormant, chrystal pond, where rays of light shine and welcome us home. And […]