I told you last night, curled up in your bed, what you taught me, what you keep teaching me. I told you it was more of a remembering. Something I knew when I was little, but forgot and your existence made it unavoidable.
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Red Suitcase
Five years ago I was living from a giant red suitcase, sleeping with my babies in the bedroom that shared a hall with her, only not anymore. Five years ago today she wasn’t there by hours and among other things, my attention was beginning to turn to packing up the suitcase to go home after the long and hellish trip to say goodbye to the home I always had in her. It was weird. Today I am piling clothes to fold and put into the big red suitcase for a trip to see the same people I was with five years ago, only now we’re gathering for the fun of…
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How Bonus Fries and Beagles Bring Me Home
I'm learning to claim my inheritance: a legacy of faith I knew before I un-knew it. I'm learning that I can't help but see the darkness, the broken pieces of what could be, but I don't have to see *only* that.
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Giving Up God’s Ego
There are competing stories about what God thinks of you. Which one do you pick?