It has been raining for days. Streams flow from the mountain tops and flood the roads. So far, Shekina Garden (next to the river) hasn’t flooded again.
Read MoreI wake up and have to choose.
On my last post, Dee commented that motherhood is more of an offering than an investment. Whew. That is a mouthful. An offering.
I wake up and have to choose. To consume? To invest, strings attached? Or to hold my hands out: an offering?
Read MoreUmbrellas are wonderful because they show up in unexpected places. This is what I thought to myself the other night, as Chinua and I were driving home from a date that didn’t go badly but didn’t go well,
Read MoreGood morning, —here are some snippets from the last few weeks which I never managed to form into an actual blog post, until now they are a scrap bag of moments!
Read MoreRight now, I am taking inspiration from the red cotton tree, which flowers after its leaves fall, when it has nothing left but gray branches. I do not know what this means, or if it means anything, but Jesus said, “consider the flowers,” so here I am, looking at this big tree, driving around the valley to find the ones I love. I know it is a place to rest the eyes. I know people gather the flowers for food.
Read MoreMorning like a glass of clear water. I take the first sip. Everything has become a poem, lately, even sleeping, which feels like being curled on the forest floor with creatures coming by to investigate what or who I am.
Read MoreI am sitting in a coffee shop in Bangkok, wearing two masks. There are many things in this city that I would like to do but cannot because of the state of things, the pandemic.
Read MoreRain comes in quickly, almost instantly, first as damp wind and then water gusting, sheeting, pouring, drenching. The power goes out and the kids stampede upstairs to play in Isaac’s room.
Read MoreHello!
Is there a word for coordinating one’s daughter’s monthly orthodontic work in a city that is three hours away, over mountains, across provincial lines?
Read MoreOur days now are filled with homeschool, writing, walking, meditation, working at Shekina Garden or making music.
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