From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Thank You Mom

February 27, 2010

We sit and watch as Olympians from all countries sweat, compete and give their all. As I contemplate these amazing athletes I always think of the mamas. Those ladies waiting in the wings, biting their lip and holding their breath while their precious child gives their all.
I think of Joannie Rochette, the Canadian figure skater [...]

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The Point

February 26, 2010

I search the Bible for…focus. The actual word. Do you know how many times the word focus shows up in the bible?
Zero.
{at least in my ESV translation}

How strange. And unhelpful. I need to know how to focus, where to focus. Why to focus…
I break out my trusty and well worn thesaurus.
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Apparently
what I really mean [...]

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Created To Be

February 24, 2010

I sit and ponder life metaphors and God’s metaphors and am humbled and awed yet again.
We think we stumble, as if accidental, upon these great ways of describing ourselves, these things in nature that mirror our humanity…
Look at the mama bear, how she loves on her young and protects, so passionate is she! Just as [...]

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Test Drive My Story

February 23, 2010

It was just before Thanksgiving last year, a day like any other day. I was probably craving lemonade and grilled cheese with mustard, one of my main pregnancy cravings. I was probably getting sick all day throughout the day, as it was another one of my pregnant “staples” with Mabel in my belly.
I opened an [...]

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Kelly Ripa’s Cakery For A Cause

February 20, 2010

I love it when companies find unique ways to raise money for cancer research, because it helps promote awareness, helps you the reader get involved in simple ways, and helps those suffering know that we are all in this together. We are all connected, when some are affected we are all touched. When I heard [...]

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On Freedom

February 19, 2010

I ask him to close his eyes.
“Just listen to my voice.”
I tell him to imagine giant chains around him, criss-crossing his body, tightened against his wrists and ankles. These shackles are rusty and dirty, cutting to the bone. They pull and they ache, but they’ve always been there. He doesn’t know there is life without [...]

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Crafty Love

February 16, 2010

We were sharing pieces of our love story. The reasons we fell in love with this love, how we kept up that love. How we tended to its needs and the places we went wrong.
We were talking about writing, and our love of it. The craft itself. And we were giddy about it.
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{Note: I was [...]

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Suffer Well

February 15, 2010

Have you ever
wondered
why God allows suffering?
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We pray and ask and beg Him to stop the suffering
to heal us.
and sometimes He does.
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Other times He lets it linger
at tipping point, or
worsen, even.
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Could it be
He speaks to others

through our suffering?
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That He knows
one thing we all share
is suffering, and
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how we respond to healing
or not healing
is what matters most?
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If we [...]

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Wound Care

February 12, 2010

{…continued from yesterday’s post}
Strong emotions of any kind seem to spurn from the same place. Passion. That passion I felt with “my people”, also brought up my passion for missing Mabel. I tried to ride those waves as best I could, but at times the waves seemed unbearable. I worked to be real with myself [...]