I realized earlier this week that my current angst over our military life feels eerily similar to an angst I once felt about motherhood. A disquiet, a grappling with the bull by the horns. Or a wrestle with an angel, if you will. There was a point, two years and two children into the mothering […]
This Is a Hard Teaching, Who Can Accept It?
It isn’t always noon when I get dressed, but today it is. When I’m on top of my game, I’m dressed before I make breakfast, or even better, before I leave our room. But today any clothes I might wear are buried beneath twelve loads of washed and unwashed laundry, on the other side and […]
Down Range
He who dwells in the Shelter of the Most High shall abide in the Shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 When the word comes that this husband of mine will be needed Down Range, I take another bite. Sip another drink. Wipe another face. Rinse another dish. And I think, this is how I’ll do […]
Of Mercy New
“I come home and all I’ve done is peck the man on his lips as we pass in the driveway, and this after four days and nights of him away. I come home and I’m full of words and tears and need for HIM, but he’s tired and he falls asleep. We lay there, and […]
Furious Love
Furious Nothing can tear us from The grip of His mighty love We’ve only glimpsed His vast affection Heard whispers of His heart and passion It’s pouring down… His love is deep, His love is wide And it covers us His love is fierce, His love is strong It’s furious His love is sweet, His […]
I See You
You smell like apple pie this morning, a little nutmeg, a sprinkling of sugar. I fold a palm to your chin and wipe at your tears, and my kiss lingers on your freckle-dusted skin. Were you the baby I suckled all those long years ago? Were yours the feet I pressed to my face, was […]
The Exhale and Inhale of Life
For the free gift is not like the trespass. When the thunder clapped such that the walls shook hard, and my bones shook violently in my bed, I thought the end of the world had come. It was one of those jolt-awake impressions, where dreams leak into this reality and we don’t know which way […]