it's not that easy, coming out of hiding. let's be real. just ask the Lady of Shallot. the reason we retreat into a safe little hiding place inside is because the world doesn't feel like a safe place to be. we aren't stupid. we know that when we are vulnerable it will be used against …
i open my computer every morning and i see her face staring back at me. she looks me right in the eye with steady confidence and says to me, “You can do this. you’ve got this today, sallie. you’re strong and capable and i love you.” I say hey, Risa. Let's do this," and open …
Dear Glennon, In an attempt to comfort me in the wake of my sister’s death, a friend gave me your book in which Sister is the leading lady and the most celebrated relationship of your life. While reading it I thought, how wildly inappropriate, how deeply insensitive of her to give me this book. Did …
find your inspiration. find the thing that gives you chills and makes your heart beat harder and tears flood your eyes. sometimes i can't remember why i do music. i can't remember why i ever wrote a song or sang it for anyone. and then i see something like this and i remember. today, this …
it's hard when there are more questions than answers. it's hard when life doesn't ever seem to sort out and wrap up in a nice neat package. and it doesn't, you know. i think that's why we enjoy movies and books that present conflict, a climax and resolution. all nice and neat. i do. enjoy …
I don't think i'm a very good blogger. I usually journal when i need to process through something and often it's darker than not. but that's why i process it - to get through the dark into the light, but it doesn't translate very well onto a blog and i have about 100 drafts that …
I forget sometimes – how much I need music – I think the need for it was hardwired in me from conception. without it, i am an empty cold shell that doesn’t know she’s empty and cold, until the sound waves travel through the air and caress my face, my ears, my arms…
Day 21 of reading through the bible in 90 days. Finished up the life of David and feeling oddly disconnected. Maybe I'm sleepy. Maybe I had a hard time keeping all the names in the stories straight, but David had a hard, bloody life. I don't know, maybe if I took more time and read …
Moses is dead. It was hard for me to move on without him. I know... that might just sound strange, but remember, when you love someone it's hard to move on. But before he died, he told the entire story... again. and i thought, now this would have been a good way to tell it the …
Continue reading "Mourning Moses. Days 12-14 Bible in 90 days"
Pretty impulsively, I decided to jump on the wagon that was rumbling by my facebook page, and started reading through the Bible in 90 days with about 170 other people nation-wide. The church that pulled us all together is called the Back Packer Church, which i guess is what caught my attention in the first …
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