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His Presence doesn’t discriminate against my humanity My body tires My mind tires I look to the end of the day When I can rest When I can sleep He welcomes me I have appointment with Him To be together Everything I’m supposed to be set aside, traded in, for warmth comfort and deep rest […]

Words typed in an old cell phone note from my adolescence:  Curled up in my bed its an empty feeling where you once were. Healing hurts. When the darkness of my room overtakes me, your memory comes flooding back and I want to push it far away. But it stays. You drift off safe and soundly unaffected – […]

We’ve had this conversation before. Do you remember? How many times have I met you before? 26 years of conversations. Was I talking to you? or her. Who is her? How many mothers are there? I recognize one. I’m only now just learning about two. She’s full of anger, I can release her because she […]

In the stillness of night the magic of sound washes over me. Exploring an uncharted pathway where the sensation of sound envelops me. Lifted into a story I didn’t know before this moment. Lush orchestration in harmony whispering their fragment of the narrative in my ear. Paint without color, emotions brushed against canvas. weightless, timeless, […]

Your love is just, You tolerate no rivals. Your love fights for me. Your love lifts my chin when I feel unworthy. Your love calls me daughter and folds me into Your heavenly family. Who can rival the Father’s perfect love?

Golden light splashes across a sea of sparkling white. Your glory flows up from the ground and pours down from the sky. Simply quiet, wholly divine. Your Spirit catches in the wind and cascades in the moonlight. Joy of creation overflows inside me pulling me into Your never-ending awe and wonder.      

      45 seconds. 7 years old. 45 seconds. Dressing room stall. 45 seconds. Dancing around. 45 seconds. Memory frozen. 45 seconds. Taken for granted. 45 seconds. Sisters bonded. 45 seconds. 7 years later. 45 seconds. Time compounded. 45 seconds. Chest tightens. 45 seconds. Changed forever.  

Illness of the mind. Forced to face it. Behind a pane of thick glass. eye to eye. nostrils flaring. breath fogging the glass. Unease washes over me. Glass separates us. Powerless to gain full understanding. Separated. I walk away, images linger in my mind.