Shanspirations

Today in her bath my daughter (five) was singing, “I’m a little fish of God, I’m a little fish of God…”
I heard her and wondered what she meant, but whatever it was I knew it was sweet because she had just been asking many questions about a story in the Bible on Abraham and had [...]

A friend at church has been diagnosed with ALS and has been losing her health very rapidly. Since there is no cure for ALS, I can’t do the pretending I want to do that she is going to get better. I find myself remembering someone else who had Lou Gehrig’s Disease (as [...]

I just wanted to share something that encouraged me today. To see the whole post, visit Valerie’s blog, Life’s Good.
The thing about transition is, that it is painful. It is that transient time between conflict and resolution, that point of no-return, that time when it seems we are caught in a vortex, and being [...]

Date: Thursday, February, 24, 2000
Place: Written at the apartment I shared with my mom and brother at Annie Lane
Background (the me I was then):
It had been 2 and a half years since Jacob and I had broken up (and that breakup had been painful). The breakup had occurred just as I was starting my [...]

Having written on the topic of writing for pleasure and healing recently (and commenting here), I decided to post one of my favorites of all the things I have ever written. I like this piece because it combines precious memory and healing all in one. My life made more sense to me after I [...]

A couple days ago I discovered a fascinating new blog about a young couple who adopted two little African American children about a year ago. Since I’d just been thinking and writing about adoption (over here), I found it so interesting.
I also noticed a book on their sidebar that I’d like to read called [...]

Back in 1997, when I came home from college for the first winter break since when Jacob and I had broken up before the semester started, I knew home was going to be filled with painful memories. This would be the first Christmas without him since I was 16 years old, and I was now [...]

Right now I can say that life is good, that though I get overwhelmed every time PMS rolls around, I recover soon after, and have many, many blessings in my life that fill every single day. Even when a day is frusterating, it is not terrible.
But there have been seasons of my life when it [...]