“Lord, If”…

Photo by Ivan S on Pexels.com The ultrasound probe hurts today. Sara, the ultrasound tech, is chasing follicles, left and right, on both ovaries. There are so many! "Twenty three on the right," she states. Click click click. A faint groan escapes me as we dig deeper in my abdomen for the left ovarian check. [...]

In-Between

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 [...]

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.