This afternoon marks exactly three weeks. It was Saturday, Mother's Day in Mexico and three days before my 34th birthday. They tell me that we went for a ride down the beach on the quad, a typical Saturday evening. Apparently I was taking a video of the sunset, the crashing waves, the pink sand. And…
Crocs and Kids
Somehow my last post was already two months ago. Writing about grief always kind of sucks all my public writing juices for awhile. I say public because I am writing quietly here on the side when I get a chance. One project is basically completed, I am just praying about what to do with it.…
Eternal Light
Eternal Light! Eternal Light!How pure the soul must be,when, placed within Your searching sight,it shrinks not, but with calm delightcan face such majesty.The spirits who surround Your thronemay bear that burning bliss;but that is surely theirs alone,since they have never, never knowna fallen world like this.O how shall I, whose dwelling hereis dark, whose mind…
Consolations
I recently posted in my Instagram stories a quote negating the fallacious and cliché statement we have all heard from well-wishers when experiencing trials: God will never give you more than you can handle. It sounds good. It sounds comforting. It soothes the ego. Grants a little leverage against the mighty God of Heaven whose…
Overdue.
I'm on my third cup of tea already. First chai. Then Earl Grey. Now Ceylon Alwazateen. It's just one of those days. Delightfully dreary and slow, painfully sad and full of introspection. The neighbor girl is here, pulling out every toy possible and whipping up a general hurricane. I don't even care. Her mom abandoned…
Courage
Zucchini bread is baking in the oven (only because it rained this morning and it's not 90 degrees inside the house) and chai is steaming out of a china cup. And I'm writing. Perhaps the quintessential afternoon for any quiet homebody. But outside, the world feels so violent and hostile. So virulent, capricious, volatile. More…
#100
It feels appropriate that the 100th post on this blog should be the one before us: news and philosophical rabbit holes. But first, let's celebrate. 100. It's taken me a few years to get here (my very first post here was in 2019) which makes it even sweeter. Thank you to each of you who…
Hymn List
Hello to everybody in 2024! How humbling that God is giving us another year to honor and glorify Him, to devote ourselves: body, soul and spirit to His good pleasure. As I did last year, I'm sharing the list of hymns we sang as a family throughout 2023. There are fewer hymns than weeks in the…
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