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I Don’t Have to Feel God’s Goodness
Last spring felt nothing like the springs I’ve come to love. I was in the first trimester of pregnancy, sick as ever, and also in the midst of a family emergency which tilted my world on its axis. Strange as it sounds I felt small comfort in the fact that being so physically sick reflected… Continue reading
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How Grand to Live an Ordinary Tale
I’ve wondered– Can I write a boring novel? Just about life. Describe those ordinary moments that speak of the deepest blessings, the greatest stories? Would people read it? The falling-in-love part was beautiful, but all the days to follow, all those dinners made, the discovery of being blessed though childless, those first two pink lines,… Continue reading
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I Hate the Lies They Told You
At 16 weeks I found myself in the ER due to bleeding. The risk was placenta previa. While I sat in the waiting room, a girl easily a decade+ younger than myself was wheeled in experiencing extreme pain after taking abortion pills. Months later I’d wake up one morning with the beginnings of a poem… Continue reading
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Iced Lattes, Classic Tales, & Falling in Love Where You Live
Around this time of year, a copy of a Tolkien or an L.M. Montgomery classic will do. I sit on an old white garden chair, drinking some iced coffee or tea latte, marvel at the breeze, read the good stories, and listen to my children happily play. It feels like cheating some days. And by… Continue reading
