a second valentine’s day post. read the first one (from 2021) here. Her voice came through with words on a grainy video screen, so familiar, an echo through time and space, years after my own words ran dry with the same emotion. “I’m just tired of hoping,” my friend said, reflecting on her singleness and […]
the wonder of being embraced
I’m a white-knuckled girl, and always have been. I grip my way through life, holding onto whatever I can for dear life—as if the holding is the making and shaping of that life I’m looking for. Last week, I found myself in a room of ladies as we shared silence together, prayerfully. Punctuated by occasional […]
dream with Me, daughter
Last night, I sat at house fellowship and could not stop crying. Which isn’t at all unusual, if you know me, but the steady stream of tears caught me off guard because my words seemed to fall so short of how I was feeling. I couldn’t seem to say more than a few words for […]