Let it be messenger, come to tell us what we most need to know, hard though its words may be to hear. Trust, even when you cannot believe it, that it will carry its own consolations, that it knows what to do with what has shattered. Trust that the other face of anger is courage,… Continue reading Anger
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Tomorrow
Each morning as part of my routine, I read a blessing before I begin any journaling, prayers or Bible reading. Some blessings are connected to the season, like many of Jan Richardson’s. Right now I’m reading through John O’Donohue’s To Bless the Space Between Us. I come back to this one during the “ordinary times”… Continue reading Tomorrow
Feelings
One evening during our vacation I got teary about a situation and Brad said, with concern in his voice, “I think you feel too much.” He might be right. A couple evenings before that we were at dinner – oceanfront view, warm breeze. It was the perfect setting for our beach vacation. There were even… Continue reading Feelings
Crash
I was about 75% done with a blog post on the topic failing when my computer crashed. The irony isn’t lost on me. I might try to rewrite it later. I might not. I don’t understand why out of the blue with no warning whatsoever my computer just turns off. I don’t understand why programs… Continue reading Crash
Patience
I don’t know how many times I’ve started and restarted my computer in the last two days. Sometimes it restarted on it’s own. Sometimes I get the chance to make the choice. There is something wrong, but it works just enough to give me hope that maybe this time it’s fixed. Since I have everything… Continue reading Patience
Broken
I finished Ann Voskamp’s book, The Broken Way, the other night. I think I read most of the last few pages – I may have missed a few words because my eyes were full of tears and sobs kept causing me to cover my face with my hands. Let me rewind a bit… It took… Continue reading Broken