are you ready to trust?
I’ve seen them – I’ve even written them – those motivational snippets that tell you that you can do anything […]
this too is grace
It can be mighty hard to find joy in a season, any one of them, when the sun hasn’t shown […]
where the magic happens
Januarys are, generally speaking, filled with goals and resolutions and plans and that’s wonderful, really. Goals are amazing. They can […]
the new year
The New Year ~anonymous May the year that is dawning So fresh and so pure, Be full of the pleasures […]
quiet gratitude
There might be a better way to end or start a year or a month or a day, rather than […]
kindness matters
Have you named her yet? The New Year? I always name her. I haven’t always thought of her as a […]
find something amazing
It’s below freezing most mornings now, when I take my mug of java out to the patio to listen to […]
make some space for joy
So, we’re past the Winter Solstice which means that winter is officially ours to play with and the days are […]
the best thing to do
You’ve heard the expressions, right? Almost two years into this pandemic we all know them. “The Big Quit”. “The Great […]
the breathings of your heart
It is, perhaps, the easiest and the hardest way to self-discovery. Easy, because it’s simple. Hard, because to really be […]
another dream
It’s storming outside. Well, not so much storming as really, really, trying to storm. I don’t know. Maybe Mother Nature […]
chaos
I swept up every leaf this fall, after they’d taken their own sweet time falling. No really. I did. Seriously. […]
prayer
It can be as elaborate as a full choir donning robes and showcasing four-part harmonies in a sanctuary lit by […]
please try again
There is nothing, and I mean nothing, so disconcerting and so discomforting and so downright difficult for a writer as […]
what to just. stop. doing. now.
Okay, so here’s what we really kind of all need to stop doing. In general. In life. In my opinion. […]
brave enough
Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human […]
and so, I am writing
Well. I haven’t written in a month of Sundays. Okay, really just a month of regular days. Or, well, really […]
when it’s all just too much
It doesn’t only happen during years when there’s a pandemic. Or murder hornets. Or fraught elections and let’s not even […]
the best present
So yeah, that whole gratitude thing? Giving thanks for the small things? Mighty hard in such a big year. But […]
the first stitch
Anyone who writes, or does anything creative for that matter, knows that it (whatever “it” is) starts somewhere inexplicable. The […]