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Hello Out There
Well, hello there! For multiple reasons, I haven't written on my personal blog since shortly after the devastating death of a dear friend and pastor figure in our lives. Every time I log into my blog, I see the picture of his beautiful family and start thinking...
Beautiful Woman
Just when you think I may never blog again, I post something almost completely unrelated to anything else on my blog. I have high aspirations to blog more frequently, and we have adventures on the horizon that will provide some once-in-a-lifetime writing material....
Piles of Cotton
Several months ago, I wrote about finding treasure in the trash. Well, I'm at it again. I deemed this summer the "summer of purging and organizing" with a goal to give away, sell, or throw away one-third of everything in my home and organize what's left. (I...
ice crystals
ice crystals and flakes fall downcovering my deck ...dashing my hopes and planswith each white fleckice crystals grow heavier;thin flakes grow thick ...children's hearts dance and leaphoping they will stickice crystals, like pixie dustshimmering in the light...
10 Things You May Not Know About Me
Many of my Facebook friends recently listed several random, interesting, or relatively unknown facts about themselves, and anyone who liked their posts was then given a number of items to list in his or her own status. I have enjoyed reading these posts, and...
"Together in Christ"
I don't write much poetry these days. In fact, I can't remember the last time I made up more than a couple of silly lines for my children (and those weren't written down) before April of 2013. Amazingly (to me, anyway), I was inspired to write two poems in...
Breaking the Chains: Disappointment
Today is my birthday, and I have decided to live as if no one is disappointed in me -- not God, not my parents, not my husband, not my children, not my friends, not my extended family or in-laws, not my businesses associates. After 36 years, I am finally realizing...
Letting Go
You loved your baby fiercelyBut you had to let her go.The pain and grief that followedNo one else could ever know.You had chosen life for herBut you couldn't offer more.So into another's arms you laidThe daughter you adore.You promised her everythingThat you...
Born to Write
A friend of mine who blogs (and lives) beautifully has deemed every Wednesday "writing Wednesday." I've been attempting to figure out when in the world I can carve time just to sit and write, and although I don't know that every Wednesday will work, I like...