It's all a becoming, a not arrived yet. This glory-quest life is transit and trajectory. How then to stretch, a trembling filament, between one adhered branch and the intended other, extended, intending to connect and spin that cocoon. Faith cultures are complex. Shoot, faith is complex. But simple. Yet multi-faceted. And greater than ourselves and [...]
Category: emotional health
Raw
With dirt still under my nails from flower planting, I drenched the new perennials with the hose. Reeling it up, I laughed at my puppy playing with the receding coil and thought, “Anthony wouldn’t let him get away with that.” The hose caught on the boxwood bush, then the drain spout. I tossed the tangled [...]
The Gifts of Grief
Through time and experience, I’ve learned this: they are not ours to keep. They are butterflies awaiting their final flight. We love them for where they are at, but when the butterfly flies, we cannot contain them.
So you’ve experienced trauma; what’s next
Since a recent post where I’ve divulged a bit of a childhood accident and the ensuing confusion that resulted, I’ve been thinking of all the unsaid things that could be shared. A writer is hopeful that the readers will be able to fill in the cognitive gaps between what is written and the reader’s level [...]
Freely & Lightly
Carry your peace within you, not your ledgers or weighty burdens of the past.
Tapestry Tales 