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Month: September 2018

Hope looks like
A Hope Chest of Light Keeping

Hope looks like

September 10, 2018January 21, 2019 The Welcome LightLeave a comment

He said with his glasses off every light in the distance looked like a star. I told him to keep them off for a while. Maybe it’s not so bad to see things that way. Everything is always guiding you home if you let it. Even if we don't understand why yet. I've been brought… Continue reading Hope looks like

Canine
Vespers in gloaming light

Canine

September 9, 2018January 21, 2019 The Welcome LightLeave a comment

This morning, while watching the sun peek over the roof of the house across the street, I saw a little brown butterfly float so gently she looked like a leaf falling from the tree. That is how I feel getting to know you. Like I am both falling and floating. Moments of ease punctured by… Continue reading Canine

Maybe
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Maybe

September 6, 2018January 21, 2019 The Welcome LightLeave a comment

Let’s get a house with an attic and fill it with holiday decorations and pull it all down once a year and rejoice in what we have forgotten we have and smile knowing we haven’t lost what we love. Lets get a house with floors worth treading and dance all over them from front door… Continue reading Maybe

Growth
A Hope Chest of Light Keeping

Growth

September 3, 2018January 21, 2019 The Welcome LightLeave a comment

Before there was: “meandyou.” There was...me. And there was...you. And then we were “US” (which felt bigger than two) Though now I’m just me. And you are just you. It seems rather strange, (Now that we are through) That I care for me, More than I care for you. The “And” in the middle Was… Continue reading Growth

Blessings
Vespers in gloaming light

Blessings

September 2, 2018January 21, 2019 The Welcome LightLeave a comment

Summer, you have been good to me. You have not always been fair or easy, but you have always met me where I am. Summer, though I know we will be together for a little while longer; I want to thank you for letting me be. Truly present in the pain, the sorrow, the anger,… Continue reading Blessings

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My search for belonging has been a constant companion; writing the cartography to find my way home. As my Mother always said while I was growing up “No matter where you go, there you are.” This is a place where I can continue to create what comes next as I hold sacred what has been and stay grateful to the joy that is present.

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