So my last post.... I share my big dream to the extent I know it. I say something about "...be joyful, blah, blah...regardless of circumstance, blah, blah...write, blah, blah...be encouraging, blah, blah"...... This week... I don't want to write a post AT ALL because I couldn't stay joyful and I feel like a failure so why …
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Filling in the Sky
I've been ruminating on Holley's invitation to join the pursuit of a "God-sized Dream". My God-sized Dream. I'm to wrap that dream with words today. Seriously. Not as easy as I thought it would be. What I dream about has changed so much. Like when I was six... and wanted to be a cowboy. Since I …
31 Days of Aging Grace ~ Why Can’t Things Stay The Way They Were?
This saying goodbye to the way things were... I do not like it... no, not one bit. I've been doing it this past year in my own life. It's not easy. It's painful. It requires learning and acceptance and humility. And I keep asking God, "aren't I too old for all this new stuff?" Apparently not. …
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31 Days of Aging Grace ~ The Far Side of the Sea
Day Four "Where will I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; If I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, If I settle on the far side of the …
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Showing Up… for 43 years
Forty-three years ago today, I put on the dress my mother made and went to church. I hoped you would be there. Well, actually, I knew you would be... it was just a matter of when. Because of, you know... that little time management thingy you've got going on 🙂 But you were not only there... you …
Using my Laser Vision
For a couple weeks now, a picture has been floating in my head… this little boy, red boots, red jacket, green hat… standing on the edge of a frozen highway… alone. It’s one of those life snapshots I’ll never forget. The picture, the sounds, the circumstances are as real to me this moment as they …
Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Inside
Every morning, on the inside of me, I start full of hope... full of thanks... full of promises to talk to God when I think I'm slipping. And by the time dinner rolls around my heart feels cold as snow. I forgot Him. I remembered the worries instead... created my own pain. But the good …
i do not love her….
Nine and one-half months I have lived in this house that is not mine... well long enough to birth a baby. But what has been birthed here? A lot of days go quiet, but she can't seem to hold the ugly in forever and let's it fly. And I want to fly... away. I told him the other night, …
Finding Peace… Kentucky Style
I left my back porch twelve days ago. Have been home for two. It takes a couple days to clear the mental cobwebs and settle back into routine. I could barely keep my eyes open yesterday. But I did. There were mountains of laundry to do... and groceries to buy... and messages to return. Thru each day …
How I Can Look Like A Rusty Tractor
The man has a knack for spotting old things stuck in the bushes… along a road… in someone’s driveway… out in the middle of no-where. He catches a glimpse... of a headlight, a tail light amongst the branches, a rusty fender… and more often than not it ends up in our yard. Last weekend’s acquisition is …
Heart's Home 