Life: The Blog
In which a woman discusses the adventure of life, acts of creativity, and the holy business of wrestling through faith.
When you think you might have cancer, a part of you shuts down. Is it a form of denial? Is a type of self-protection? You don’t know and you don’t care because all you can really think about is you might have
These nearly 16,425 days I've lived, on this rock hurtling through space around a giant star, have seen their share of pain, brokenness, grief, and questioning. As is the sum of any human experience, the bitter is mixed with …
“What do you want to eat for dinner?” I asked.
My husband was tying his shoe laces just before walking out the door to work.
“What are my choices?” He stood, adjusting his belt …
It was my 40th birthday weekend, a dark, almost-Winter night nestled near the sound of waves on the Gulf Coast. The stars were brilliant pinpricks in the endless, black canopy above me. I had done a decidedly un-40-year-oldish thing …
Ctrl+Alt-Delete: the command to clear all software and data and reload from that deeper well of weightier, more meaningful things.
Reboot
Redirect
A lot of December-born people bemoan their birthdays being ever-forgotten in the hustle and bustle of world holidays, but I’ve always found it to be quite the opposite. The world is happier, busier …