I sat at the table on the lawn outside my door, the warm October breeze ruffling the pages of my journal as I filled page after page.
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Come Along, Little Girl
Her presence is just out of reach. I try to access her inside of my head, but I do not know where she is.
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Dating, Redemption, and Restoration
We sat across the table from each other in a quaint hole-in-the-wall Japanese restaurant.
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Recommit and go again
Our first year of marriage wasn’t what I’m assuming many newlyweds experience.
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Love Believes in Second Chances
Thursday morning, I sat in my sunroom with my first cup of good coffee in what felt like a lifetime.
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Welcome and Invite Them In
Thursday we moved our oldest son Tim to Chicago, where he will be student teaching this year in an urban high school – the culmination of his preparation for the calling he feels to teach in the inner city.
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Mimicking Bravery
Walking up the stairs towards the 4th grade classroom I take in the architecture and the smells of this old place, the large staircase with it’s carved handrail and the wooden door to the classroom feel like they belong in an old movie.
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The Work is to Believe
One week after graduating from college, I met with a therapist for the first time.
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Be Held
“Your world’s not falling apart, it’s falling into place. I’m on the throne, stop holding on and just be held.” –Casting Crowns
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Breathing
It’s been three years now, almost to the day, and I still remember the fear, anxiety, and just plain dread that clouded that day.
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