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“Home is the nicest word there is.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder Receiving me each time I enter in —  no empty room or hollow spaces, this place is filled, each corner, closet, drawer holds remembrance. It has seen drama and dreams, tears and wounds, emotions spilling over  and pushing out  —but never breaking— the foundationContinue reading “Home”

“There is no pit so deep,  that God’s love is not deeper still.”  — Corrie ten Boom Deep cisterns wait, unending wells of refreshing; sweet and clear, life-giving springs. We lower our emptiness down, down, down into a darkness we can feel, our souls weighted, but it is in the deepest places we become readyContinue reading “Deep Wells”

Sometimes that curiosity within, a captivated child that still exists when I push my pretensions aside, makes life abound with such sweetness — she is patient to attend the smallest  amusements in her awed regard for all things enchanting —  a new bloom, the slant of light  through a tree, the way the grass  movesContinue reading “Little Distractions”

We walked by dancing waters, sunlit droplets, shimmery sparkles, twinkle lights suspended in mid-air; I closed my eyes and imagined a babbling brook; our jaunt became a forest journey, tree-arching canopies, pebble-lined paths, the breeze undulating through leaf-full branches, and us on a pilgrimage walk. There are sounds that calm  my heart — rain onContinue reading “Dancing Water”

Back behind the building, growing lush against a forgotten track of rusted railing, thrives these yellow petals, a profusion of nature living against manmade metal —industry meets creation, art by happenstance, a commingling of what has been  seen since the expulsion from Eden  and the forged fence meant to keep  us partitioned from these blossoms Continue reading “The One Who Holds”

Speak, act, be the hope you long to see in others— walk the talk, stay on the path, be gentle and humble; practice peace, always pursuing  and building up relations along  the way. Encourage as you go;  melt into kindness, do good deeds, forgive, be merciful; lean into long-suffering. You are an attestant  to theContinue reading “Witness”

A moonbeam dropped down,  a slip of silver flooding this space before me; I stand outside, alone in a world anticipating another night falling, the settling of day. During this periwinkle time when we should tuck our worries to bed, soak in a light  that promises sweet, sweet rest, I wait for the calm toContinue reading “Moonbeams”

Be still but not stagnate, a universe  exists in a moment well lived —  deep breaths, truth contemplated,  profound prayer in hushed surrender  to our Creator. The noises  of this loud existence  can overwhelm us,  but there is calm — still as cool ponds, where life  thrives underneath; still as vast space, light  and timeContinue reading “Still”

I compose lyrics in my heart, the rhythm of my thoughts, the pulse keeping time with my walk, metered courage, a faith growing more certain with each chord. I carry a concerto within; my groaning the cello, my movements cadenced by the piano, sometimes a lively step but there are also notable rests, all beautiful,Continue reading “Soul Song”

I left just long enough to snap a photo — capturing this sweet  time of life with two little ones  precious to me. We spent  so many afternoons watching  for dragonflies and playing school bus; I would take them  anywhere they imagined to go,  pretending to drive this slanting,  white picket swing, lovingly made byContinue reading “The Swing”