Where would I be if I did not begin this post with a scene straight out of Grey’s Anatomy?.. “Lexie: [narrating] Grief may be a thing we all have in common, but it looks different on everyone.Mark: It isn’t just death we have to grieve. It’s life. It’s loss. It’s change. Alex: And when we…
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Don’t say nothing
“Don’t say nothing!” Jen Hatmaker wrote a post on her social media and one of my friends shared it. I glanced through it and the more I read, the more I hurt. There are people, faith professing followers of Christ who embodies love, saying nothing at all. Is saying nothing worse than what some of…
Things I wish my middle-schoolers knew…
The church and I only have them, on average, four hours a week. That leaves one hundred and sixty eight hours for someone, or something, else to fill. Weekly: 4 versus 168. Monthly: 16 versus 672. Yearly: 208 versus 8,736. The enormity of that difference is frightening. Who or what is filling those hours? The…
Tribe
I love the idea of a tribe. A squad. A group. A posse. A pack. Whatever you want to call it. I call mine a tribe because the word means something to me; I feel it in my bones. My tribe has certainly changed throughout the years. It has shrunk, it has grown, it has…
Pieces of September
My beautiful sister spent some time at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum this past weekend and I believe her life is forever changed because of it. After hearing her reminisce about her journey of grief on that hallowed ground, I began to think of my own memories of that fateful day. I was thirteen years…
It’s a new year…
Resolution. I like that word. Some words are powerful and this is one of English’s more fascinating, compelling words. Like many words in English, the word resolution can mean different things, depending on the context. It can mean a firm decision to do or not to do something. Intention. Resolve. Plan. 2. It can also…
Sin
“It can come dressed in white lily lace, Wrapped with the golden bow of solid treasure. There is but one key to the lock That seals Pandora’s box. It whispers beautiful music That causes you to dance wildly, Taking you back to a time Where you felt most alive. So you invite it in… You…
Musings while I wait.
Something broke in us that day. We fell apart. Slowly. Little by little. Like ice under the water, it cut silently our existence. We didn’t know it at the time, Small cracks, minute chips, expanded. Like a crevice in a rock, it became a cliff. The pain was invisible at first. Ache that throbbed all…
Before it’s too late
I am ‘Words of Affirmations’ all the way to the core of my soul. (Take the General test right here to see what you are.) It is how I both best receive and show love. However, knowing that does not make it easier to do so. I have always had trouble receiving love from people, but I…
Spoken word
“You wore a crown of vines and thorns; I wore one of lies and scorn. You asked to trade And I said no way; There’s too much shame, Too much pain. There’s never enough hours in a day! My past, my list of sins can’t get any better; Certainly you can’t forgive this debtor. I’m…