a mother’s love
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Weary But Never Empty
“The weary world rejoices…“ We sing this and we say it. We live it, too. A weary world rejoicing does not mean we throw off weariness in order to rejoice, but that we rejoice while we are weary, because we have Reason to hope that this weariness will not last forever. And it won’t. With… Continue reading
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A Happy Woman!
Motherhood is no longer the effortless softness of a new, fresh life season for me. But there is a triumph to it. There is a commitment to beauty. A realness to the glaring magic spread long and loud between the harshness, loss, and brittle elements. And best of all there’s a knowing that rattlesnakes, difficulty, wilting, and… Continue reading
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This Must Be What Heaven Is Like…
written late July 2023 In the days leading up to my son’s birthday, I was feeling jumbled up inside. Not because my son is turning 3 or that old saying, “don’t blink!” but because there was so much sorrow and so much loss surrounding those days. Not to me directly, but for those I love… Continue reading
