We recently celebrated 15 years of marriage. What a wonderful thing. There are a million things I could write that the Lord has taught me through this union. I probably cannot even fully grasp how much he’s used marriage to teach me more about Christ, his love, and what it means to love as he […]
Friedan called it, the problem that has no name,and without considering, we threw ourselvesinto a world of producing.Not life, not homejust little letters that followed our names,and more zeros in our accounts. The sacred art of homethe dignity of cultivating lifethe great mystery of being a wifeWe thought inferior to men’s work. A dollar sign […]
Be prepared to stop, often and suddenly.Interruptions are merely an interlude.These intentional pauses make us see. Sudden cry, traffic slowed, forced humility.The unexpected is misunderstood.Be prepared to stop, often and suddenly. Cancer, undetected heartbeat, agony…Breathless and aching, is this somehow good?These intentional pauses make us see. A casket lowered, freezes in clarity.We sit up straighter […]
Mothers are like marble.Our tensile strength is fragile. Sometimes we feel ourselvesreducing.Chipped away.Cracking,evensmashed apart. Once, we think,we were a mountain,yet we have decreasedin both size and stature. But Mothers are like marble.When pressed we are resolute. Once we were but indecipherable slabs.Now we are sculpture,Carved by love.That chipping and cracking,(yes, even the smashing)makes us a […]
May the sun be bright and the breeze always warmenough to watch butterflies flit flower to flower.And perhaps in the green grass you can charma snake from his hidden bower. But when the air is chill and the sky a stormmay the rain make the puddles perfectly deep,May the asphalt be wet enough for the […]
Oceans Never Fill 