life reflections
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Fountain of Youth – a poem for turning 30
Earlier this month I turned 30. It was such a beautiful day filled with normal and special moments! My one plan to celebrate this milestone birthday was to put 30 actual candles on my cake. Getting all those birthday candles out and counted made me laugh aloud for the joy of it.🎂 I thank God… Continue reading
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This Was 28 – Birthday Reflections
It was the first year I noticed how enchanting it was when spring shifted into summer. There was this charming haze that seemed to hover just above all the yellowed grass. Life was flying in the air, the dandelions (and some of them huge!) were a quiet parade along the roadside, and, of course, there… Continue reading
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If Time Flies So Will I (on motherhood)
So we are just going to do this all over again? Day in, day out. Time. I rebel against holding it tight to my chest. But I wonder should it be like this? So furious, fast, and hurried. So limited, constrained and breathless. But how God fills it with love and healing, hope and laughter.… Continue reading
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Where to Find Spring Whispering
The February Garden – 2023 Near the end of the month I woke up to birds chirping. This must be the sweetest sound to hear after the height of winter and in February no less. The birdsong is sweet and felt in the soul. Spring is coming. It whispers in the morning birdsong. It peeks… Continue reading
