WHEN WE WANT TO JUMP INTO SPRING
There is a reason Winter follows Fall.
We sit with the grief of lost things, like so many piles of leaves on the ground, and Winter’s chill hurries us inside to huddle up and wait.
WHEN A VIRUS REVEALS MORE THAN IT CAUSES
Perhaps this virus is revealing more than it is causing.
WHEN GOOD FRIDAY DOESN’T SOUND “GOOD”
Do you bristle at the word “good” on this day where we pause to reflect upon gruesome torture and death? Me, too.
WHEN GRIEF SMELLS LIKE APRICOT TEA
It’s funny how a single phrase can usher in a flood of emotion.
WHEN YOU WANT TO QUIT THIS YEAR
I am so weary of the past year, whose struggles and uncertainties seem only to be bleeding into this one…
WHEN YOU CAN’T FIND THE WORDS FOR THE BABY YOU’VE LOST
I always fumble for words the month of October. How do you articulate pain?
WHEN IT ALL BECOMES TOO MUCH
Overwhelmed by all that is happening in our world? Me, too. Come rock with me…