Upon choosing a title for the email I send every Monday, I picked "It's Okay If It Stinks." So sophisticated, I know. While I've been basking in the autumn season and all the fall things, the photo below popped up on my memories last week, and regardless of it popping up, I think about it often… Continue reading When Autumn Is Just a Moldy Pumpkin
Category: The Celebrating Soul
September Two Years Ago & The Goodness of God
On September 10,2019, I began a new prayer journal. I've been keeping prayer journals consistently since I was about 16 years old. I have a box for my old prayer journals and year calenders. If there were to be a fire that burned our house down which is a very real possibility every year in… Continue reading September Two Years Ago & The Goodness of God
The Complexity of “Still”
Even with all the ugly stuff that's happened in my garden this summer (hello squirrels and bunnies), I still got a bouquet like this. I still have a wild grape vine climbing high to make a beautiful trellis. I still have sunflowers daring to bloom in the midst of destruction. I still pick ripe tomatoes from… Continue reading The Complexity of “Still”
Telling My Son’s Birth Story
On August 2nd, I gave birth to our son, Shasta. The entire experience was so beautiful and filled with healing. My body--with a decade of pain, grief, and struggling--was invited into something wonderful and breathtaking. This body--the one I've wrestled with and grieved for--became a vessel for giving birth to a living, breathing soul. Giving… Continue reading Telling My Son’s Birth Story
Sierra V. Fedorko 