Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on December 23rd, 2021 O Lord, as we draw ever closer to the day of Your arrival, some of us are crawling in on our elbows, wounded, marred, with tear-stained faces. Let joy refresh our bodies in the midst of this war as we join to … More A Prayer: Preparing for Christmas
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on December 11th, 2021 If you’ve been following me on Instagram, or you know me in our personal lives, then you may know that the Sunday after Thanksgiving, my beloved grandpa went to be with Jesus. I’ve written a lot about grief here in these … More When Love is Severed
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on November 19th, 2021 I watched from the shadows near the wall as she gently extended her arms toward him, slowly helping him lift from the bed to try to make it to a nearby chair. I could see that his soul really is outgrowing … More What a Love
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on November 6th, 2021 “It is finished,” Jesus said, hanging on a cross as His body gave out, dripping with blood and exhaustion, His spirit committed to the Father. It is finished. Tetelestai — a Greek accounting term for “paid in full.” “It is paid in … More A Prayer: for the one caught in a tension of grief and hope
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on October 8th, 2021 A friend asked me recently what my perfect day would look like, if there ever was one to be had. I’d thought about this question before, and the answer I’d come up with didn’t satisfy. Something had been missing, lacking. I … More The Thin Places
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on October 1st, 2021 I wrote the following poem on September 22, 2021, the first day of Autumn. For those of us who live where we do in California’s Central Valley, we welcomed Autumn with smoke in the air instead of the turning of the leaves. … More A Poem: just in time for Autumn
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on September 24th, 2021 I watched from just a few feet away. The sky was crystal blue, reflecting stillness off the lake’s water, bringing life to the emerald green in the forest around as the slow, setting sun warmed my skin with the evening breeze. … More Needy One
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on September 17th, 2021 I sit alone in the warmth of the sunits light exposing me in privateseeing metouching every inch of my body — the top of my head, the tip of my nose, my eyes closed,my belly clothed,all the way to my bare feet. I … More The roly-poly & a year in review
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on September 9th, 2021 At grief’s mercy, I’m reminded of my smallness — disoriented and powerless. At grief’s mercy, I wait for the ocean’s swell to rise, to fold in on herself and roll her foamy, white, water into my little body — I wait for her waves to … More A Prayer: at Grief’s mercy
Originally posted in my old newsletter, “It’s Hard Being Human,” on September 3rd, 2021 “O you of little faith.” Have more faith! Scrape it up from the bottom of the barrel, No matter how crusty and unfitting you find it. “O you of little faith.”Have more faith!The sky is falling and your life’s a wreck becauseYou don’t have … More A Poem: for the one of little faith