From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Her Birthday

May 30, 2010
low country sunset

Today was Mabel’s due date.
And today I want to share her birth story with you all, tell you about her birth day, because it was a beautiful day for us.  Truly beyond words, easier almost to write music to or to choreograph a dance to.  This writer relies on the limiting English language to describe [...]

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The Call to Bless

May 20, 2010

It’s the days when the quiet pounds in my ears.  The deafening sound of silence.
I often wonder if the silence is so loud because it’s not silence at all, but invisible darkness and muck swirling around, hidden behind supernatural walls.  Taunting me, pricking my skin, laughing at my weak resolve.  [...]

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Thank You Mom

May 19, 2010
Me and Mom

Most people who have met my mom think she’s sweet and shy.  They don’t see the funky dancing she does when any beat comes on the radio, or the funny quips she throws out at just the right moment.
They wouldn’t know her amazingly unselfish heart or the way she fights like crazy for each of [...]

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We Worship

May 13, 2010
mothers day

It was a beautiful morning.  Sleeping in, children happy, mama honored.
Husband and kids readying cards and presents, taking longer than expected.  He comes into the room to tell me my first born is having a hard morning.
It’s Mother’s Day, and it’s only begun, how could he be having a hard day already?
I say a quick [...]

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