Tag: love
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When Shame Kills, Love Stays | Thoughts on Shame, Rage, Dragons, and Jesus
They nailed love to the cross. That’s what my friend, Simara, said during a Lent meditation over Zoom: They nailed love to the cross. They killed love. I’m used to hearing things like death was nailed to the cross and our sins were nailed to the cross. But love? Simara is a gifted woman who […]
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Dragon
she breathesfireher eyeswildclaws as long as myarmscratching at thedirtscrawling angryscarsthat arrange them-selvesinto letterswordsa plea, “loveme” © Nichole Q. Perreault (Header image courtesy of: Laith Abushar https://unsplash.com/@prodigeon)
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You Are Enough (God Says So)
I’ve seen this quote popping up in my feed a lot lately and I’m not feeling it. A few years ago, I probably would have adored this quote. But now….not so much. Here’s why: Much about the way this is worded implies that “she” (a symbolic “she” with which all Christian women are invited to […]
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On Grief and Love
We may be tempted to believe that those acquainted with grief should take the smaller losses in stride. We may think that after the loss of a parent, a child, a sibling, a spouse, what’s so bad about selling your home or a child growing up or friends and family moving away? But I find […]
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In the Rubble of Broken Hearts
Photo by Frank L. Ludwig | CCC BY-ND 2.0 Even writing hurts. This thing I sometimes love more than life…hurts. I want to stop. To put it off. To wait until I can write about things that sparkle and bring light to your eyes. I want to wait until I can make you smile, make […]
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Unanswered
I find the letter. Worn. Faded. The words still familiar. Melodic whispers of another time, another place. Of two faces, close together, flushing beneath a thousand sunlit cherry blossoms. The blushing trees stretching endlessly in every direction, motionless…as if holding their breath, waiting, listening. His soft, brown eyes already asked the question. Her heart beat […]
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If My Heart had Wings
Some days, I miss her so much I can almost feel her next to me, in front of me…taking my face in her papery hands and drawing me close to kiss my cheek. She wasn’t always old, though. We lived a number places together: the Green House in the hills of Granby, an apartment in […]
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Frozen | Thoughts on Biblical commUNITY
Here’s the thing: If I knew when I committed to writing this post that the blogosphere would be buried in Frozen commentary like Arendelle in deep, deep, deep, deep snow, I probably would have reconsidered. But alas, I’ve promised a post, so here it is. If you have kids, teenagers, college students or well, even […]
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Unashamed Love
I believe that for most little girls, their first love is Daddy. I hardly remember my dad at all, much less loving the man. But my first stepfather, Kenny, I loved him. While it was a tentative and guarded love, made all the more so by his long illness, when he died my twelve year […]
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CHRISTMAS TRADITION DOs & DON’Ts | DO Keep What You Love!
Hang onto those traditions you love, even if they are a wee bit inconvenient. After we put up the tree, we string the lights. “We” being me and me alone. Not because the others aren’t willing to help, but rather because I won’t let them. I know that sounds terrible, but the lights make the […]
Lightning Bug 