“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 […]
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 […]
Dutch Dolls, Amsterdam, and Wild, Wild Hope
I washed the china dolls at sunset. The shadows were long in the room, and my husband bent over the piano, softly picking out a melody. The girls danced in the backyard pool, and my second son, he whittled soap with one eye cocked, and a nose deeply furrowed. I scrubbed. They had come all […]
Life Is Not Mine Alone
He wants to know if I have a Scrabble turn. I do, but Facebook is a whole click away, and I’m busy now. Well, can we look at maps? We can’t. He burrows down next to me and tosses a balloon in the air. I’m two weeks postpartum and I just want to be alone. […]
Sometimes, Child, It Takes Fire
I’m ready to write about you now. You, who have moved out of me, and away. We burned the cord–the man who helped make you, and the woman who bore you–we burned it between two flames. Sometimes, child, sometimes, it takes fire to be set free.
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