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when you find shalom in the midst of grace

On Sunday, May 20th, 2012
IMG_0055 McKenzie handed me a picture of a beautiful horse one evening as I was rushing out the door. She said “mom, when we get a big house can we buy this horse?” I can’t remember what I said, but am sure because we have been through this topic before my response must have been something ...



when silence is most precious

On Monday, May 14th, 2012
IMG_0016 silence is when you block the noise without and you embrace the peace within when you dare to walk by a shore of fierce waters to see the gentleness that is within its fierce nature there are no words to describe such moments they come rare, and yet they are freely given to us the ...

dear mom – thank you……..{eventually i got it}

On Saturday, May 12th, 2012
IMG_0012 Dear mom: on that day you birthed me i bet you saw pure joy in birth never imagined that i would grow and as i grew that i would make you laugh so hard almost to tears, and that there would also be days when i would make you so mad that you would be ...


the beauty of Mary

On Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
new day When you are told to trust Him because in Him nothing is impossible, and you are also told to believe that without any act on your part you will be a mother, and that you will carry in you a child worthy of Glory and Praise. And so you sit and listen. You listen to ...



saturdays are for gratitude

On Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Both Something about Saturdays brings gratitude. Maybe because for the first time this week you have stopped to smell the roses. Or for the first time you have drowned yourself in sleep so sweet that the smell of bacon and eggs, are the only signs of life that brings you out of your deep slumber. Because ...

when kneeling is better than standing

On Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
plants in a basket In the darkness of the night, she finds light to wake up and walk a few steps to where she bends down to a chocolate like rug, as she kneels in prayer. Hidden beneath the pitch darkness and silence of the night is the rising of Grace. Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be they ...

when tears become laughter {laughter tears}

On Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Rainy night   “...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.” — Lemon Snicket The first trickle of tears makes its way out. I wonder why it has become so easy for them to find their way out. “It seems a ...

grace awakens me

On Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
raindrop on leaf The rain keeps pouring. The ground is moist, wet as if it had cried all night I wonder what I might do to cease its tears from falling. To protect this sacred part of its being from falling apart. I wake up groggy, yawning, bones crackling and longing for an embrace. It’s a moist, almost ...

because i walk where there is no path

On Monday, April 30th, 2012
Blue_Dock_by_dimage For days and moments when we know’eth not what it brings. For the oh so bright summery days, and the oh so gloomy wintery days. For those days, and all days I walk in faith. “Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail.” – ...

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