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,…
Always Vulnerable Now
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.…
Sometimes it is all too much, you know.
Some days I go through the world, almost able to believe that I am in control of my own destiny, that I’m autonomous and I’m doing okay. But there are days too when I feel as though I must absorb…
Either/Or???
WARNING: Thorough rant and uncomfortably-directed God stuff ahead… I ran across an article yesterday that purported to give a young woman advice about marrying a man who had a porn addiction. The well-meaning author took a sagely-spiritual, egotistical approach and…
Blue
On the one hand, I know who and what I am. I think I have come to grips with my human capacity for change. I say what I think and think the way I speak. But on the other hand,…
Places
It was rumoring autumn in New England last week when we visited Pete’s parents. The Japanese maple in his old back yard was tinting more red than usual, and one evening while we were there, we could smell wood smoke…
Settled
I mentioned panic and anxiety attacks on Monday. I asked a friend to pray for me. She asked another friend, who stepped in strong on my behalf yesterday. I told the truth; they spoke it back. There is no feeling…
Opinion III
I don’t talk about politics. I actually have some very strong opinions about them, but I honestly feel that there is no need to add one more shout to the din by expressing them. So this opinion isn’t about politics.…
Opinion II
Yup. I forgot I was going to try to post one per week. So here is this week’s post in which I will be more direct than I typically allow myself to be at my blog. If you don’t want…
Opinion I
I had a thought last week that I might dare to post one real opinion of mine per week. I don’t often express my opinions – not because I don’t have them, but because I don’t want to polarize people…