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When You Just Feel So Alone

July 23, 2013 13 Comments

I curl closer. Locking my arms around his middle. Tucking my chin down around the bend in his neck. Finding warmth from this freezing. Neighbors laughing. Stories of bears. Shivers camping around my extremities… Keeping me awake. Marshmallows still lay on the picnic table from the evening before. The coals now separated. Alone. Cold. Much like […]

alone, change, Christ, duty, effort, Faith, grace, peace, penitence, works

LINKY – UNITE – When Works Devour Grace

June 18, 2013 7 Comments

Welcome to UNITE! I am so glad you are here! For all of those new HERE, I have been writing a book and have been on a short sabbatical. However, UNITE is still open, continuing to be a place to gather, connect, and meet new people each and every Tuesday. The rough draft of my book […]

adoption, affection, alone, Attention, child, children, FAS RAD, foster, life, listen, lonely, love, parenting, quality, reactive attachment disorder, talk, time

The One Best Gift You Can Give Your Kids.

August 20, 2012 3 Comments

Some mornings the obligations of the world jump out at you. Cling on. Take old. Long before your first sip of coffee. And this morning was one of those mornings. I hoped for the chance. To squeeze out some “me” time. Wake up slowly. Sip coffee. Something I haven’t enjoyed since, I don’t know when. Grace […]

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Rest.

February 29, 2012 11 Comments

I make a heap at weeks long end. Cross legged safe at the edge of the couch. And thank God….a week non-stop is over. And it is there among my stacks of books…..I dig through…..I look to find the arrow in the dark that directs me to My Savior. And I wait. For waiting. Quiet. Stillness. […]