A Song Not Scored For Breathing

She was just a bit of a thing - dressed in purple stripes from head to toe - yet she captivated the whole waiting room with her joy. She wa...

This week I was given multiple opportunities to once again acknowledge that I am not God and don't know what's best for anyone else....

"We should be home early." That's part of a text message my mother-in-law sent dearest one a few days ago. I laugh every time ...

( written two weeks ago ) The silence is hard. I've been on self imposed silence since yesterday when dearest one left on a trip. I don...

" Don't ask me why I'm not going because I can't explain it other than every time I thought about it today I felt such a bi...

Being vulnerable to God in front of other people is hard for me. I can't predict when something will touch my heart and the tears rise u...

"What was your dad's reaction to your mom's addictions?" "Nothing. Zero. None." She was writing my family map up...

"I feel like I'm a boiled egg whose shell has been cracked and rolled back and forth across the counter. There's the thinnest o...

Insomnia was my friend in the middle of the night. Maybe my body was in shock because I had a clean kitchen . I sat in candle lit darkness a...

At the end of June I made an inner commitment to show up here to the page on a daily basis. I feel good that other than oldest son's wed...

Twenty-seven years ago today dearest one and I met on a quiet street in a province half way across the country. We'd been penpals as yo...

I try hard not to let the past define me. There was a time when that was all I knew how to do. Lord knows that in some Christian circles the...

One week from today oldest son will be married. I had a dress hanging up in the closet. One with a deep blue/purple hue. It made my eyes loo...

To be able to bypass my head and speak from my heart feels like a gift. Even if I don't always want to embrace what my heart then reveal...

I am no extrovert. I do not get my batteries recharged being around people. I am going to relish being alone for the next 8 hours. Yet, when...

The last few days I've been leading a women's session at church using resources from this site . These daily meditations have added...

"Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is a thousand times more ready to give than we...

Thank God his mercies are new every morning. It's very tempting to not post when I'm in that head space that makes me feel like a pi...

Blessed relief came last night in a most unexpected way. Yesterday I'd told my hairdresser I just needed a good cry. You know the kind t...

Today I embraced the sadness that's been my companion all week. Risen from the depths it's been begging for release. The tears came ...