car wrecks and candles
Snow is falling from the trees. Yesterday, it fell from the sky. I’m cozy beneath two blankets, my eyes ever on the window to my right. Drip. Drip. Green begins to appear as the sun slowly but surely melts the many inches of snow that fell for hours,...
Life Lately: Highs and Lows {and a giveaway}
I tried — I mean I really, really tried — to write these words without having to swallow down a lump in my throat, without blinking back tears. It shouldn’t be that hard, I told myself. After all, the heartbeat behind this post has been on repeat in...
You haven’t been buried, you’ve been planted.
“I have literally nothing together about my life.” -Me, in an Instagram story this week Currently, there are more questions than answers, unknowns looming around every corner and piling up every time the calendar flips. On Wednesday night I felt led to...
Cleaning out the Closet
It started with the hall closet. Then came the pantry, the fridge, the freezer and the linen closet. It’s like all those jokes about book writing or really any daunting, looming task. As soon as you’re under a deadline or you know you really need to do...
When You Need to Know the Story Isn’t Over
It’s been a hard day. That seems like an awful way to start a blog post, but it’s the first thing that comes to mind, and also? It’s the truth. Last night, a few minutes after the Good Friday service, a friend asked if I had anything planned for the...
MY BOOK // Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between
MY FAVORITE WRITING COMMUNITY
