The skies are dark. The raindrops splash
on the concrete.
The wind shakes the trees, rustling their leaves,
some leave their branches as they dance
to the ground.
The windchimes jingle their music.
The rocking chair sways back and forth
and I sway with it too,
a book and cup of tea next to me
I read and sip and feel the breeze.
The smell of wet…read more

Jesus said, “who can by worrying add a single hour to their day?”
I am human. I am woman. It is my nature to worry.
I have suffered, I have lost, how can I not worry?
The house was repossessed. But I was not homeless.
The car was totaled. But I was unscathed.
My heart was rejected and broken. But I did not die.
My childhood was stolen, but new…read more

I think back to that time when the weight of the world crushed your lungs, and the only way to breathe, to relieve that pressure was to break down and cry, and cry and cry it all out.

I think back to that time, sitting in the car, alone in a parking lot, the sun was shining, but not your eyes. All the feelings overwhelmed you. Loneliness became…read more