all the time we referenced Him as “Abba,” i didn’t understand. i didn’t understand until meeting my neighbor who doesn’t want religion, my jewish neighbor who teaches her children to call their daddy, “Abba,” my neighbor’s children who adore their…
re-roofing
shave and a haircut . . . . (no bits)
research
does anyone know where hummingbirds come from?
outside
1. sometimes the whole world holds its breath. 2. i sat outside to take my morning tea. everyone wanted to be there – even the geese.
desert summer
it feels like fall here in the mornings. i understand from the locals that this is not how it usually feels, but waking up to 63 degrees and the sound of geese playing in the reservoir around the corner and…
aaaaannnnddd now we rest a bit
the problem with having a restless heart is that you get called repeatedly to rest, and sometimes the enforcement comes in ways you don’t expect and really don’t want to embrace. in my case, that anxiety i was talking about…
anxious over nothing
and then there are the days where i don’t feel happy, not at all, when the anxiety takes over and caring for my people feels so overwhelming that i think i don’t exist myself anymore. i have never had issues…
meriggiare
we have named our apartment “meriggiare,” which is italian for “sit out the noon.” it’s a shaded place, a hot-but-shaded place, and it is welcoming and restful and wonderful in the heat of this desert, and i love that the…
finding a life
“For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Mt. 16:25
not unhealthy
i figured out the thing that hit me hardest when i was at my parents’ a few weeks ago. i walked in feeling pretty healthy – exhausted as anything, but pretty healthy as a person – and needing some rest,…