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 […]
on letting go
“Are you willing to let the leaves fall?” This year-old Insta post struck a nerve with me, as we once again turned seasons and as I turned towards the unknown, the future. My husband and I are both learning to let go, in different way. For him, he’s letting go of decades of work to […]
In between dreams
In Between Dreams: Learning to Live the Present Moment as a Dreamer — A Guest Post at Windrose Magazine A few weeks ago, I scribbled a prayer into the margin of a book on writing, praying for eyes to see words & scenes as elements that move the stories I have to tell. It led […]
He fulfills our dreams.
A dream is a wish your heart makes… I’d like to amend that lyric this morning, to instead say: A dream is a prayer you’re too afraid to pray. You know what I’m talking about. You think “the desires of your heart” are only worth fulfillment if they’re “His desires” too. You think that your […]
I am a writer (excerpts).
I wrote over 10,000 words (not including journaling) while traveling last week, and I officially can no longer shake the shocking thought: I want to be a writer. More shocking, the next thought slides up in line: I am a writer. And, so, here are some of those words that I wrote last week, an […]
abundance
I found myself in tears a few nights ago; fresh off a FaceTime date, I open my emails to two reminders of things I’m longing for, things I’m desperate for—to go and to write. My heart wavers in belief towards them both. Yes, I’m in the middle of going—the exact middle of my term, in fact. […]