When You’re Unsure and Overwhelmed, Remember This
Do you see the mountains? They were clear as day in person, but I just about missed them as I scrolled back through my photos from Israel. You may have to squint, but they’re right there in between the blue water and the blue sky. And forgive me for turning everything...
behold and flourish
Do you pick a word for the year? Something you’ll focus on, a word or maybe even a phrase that will be a guide or a stake in the ground for the next set of 365? Somehow here we are — 31 days into 2018 — and I’m still struggling to wrap words...
This Is the Truth: You Are More
Do you need a do-over? You made a mistake, said words you wish could be taken back, walked away when you should have stayed (or stayed when you should have walked away). You desperately wish you could go back and undo the moment, rewind time and make another choice,...
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...
A book for the broken hopefuls… Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between
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