Elizabeth Stone once said, “Making the decision to have a child – It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” But what happens when that child is gone? What happens when children grow up, leave for college? What happens when time is cut short and your heart is […]
Good morning everyone! Today I am trying something I haven’t done lately. It is for (in)Courage. It is a challenge given by Lisa Jo Baker. The challenge is to turn on the alarm in my kitchen and write for 5 minutes flat. Absolutely NO re-do’s, editing, or re-writes because I don’t like what I jotted down. I have […]
The waves of redemption from his nine months gone…hadn’t even hit me yet. The shock. That his face. Was in more than my thoughts. But a bed. Tucked tight with the retribution. That I am whole again. Son. Finally home. Serving. Philippines. And helping. Earthquake. Landslides. Victims. People flooded with a desperate pleading… Son answering. The […]
Aging knees give no regard to hard wood floors. Blowing away dust of yesterday left to unfold….. Nestling into that place where whispers waver and the voice of thunder shouts out His name. And it is here. In this place…..that I finally let go. Here. Alone. Where questions and reason float from my soul….. Making their […]