handle the joy
I recently read that we don’t attempt to heal from the trauma to be able to handle the trauma—we heal from the trauma to be able to handle the joy….
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Small Talk: After School Pick Up Edition
There’s a bag of Haribo Ice Tea gummies next to me and a library discard book I bought for $1 at the last library book sale. I’m supposed to be…
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when pigs fly
How do I explain the years? The day in, day out, mundane. How do I explain the scars and the new wounds? The reaching for the moon, the falling down,…
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take me back
Deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Tucking a little one into their crib and singing lullabies you didn’t realize you remembered tugs at some special strings in your heart when your own…
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Decide. Choose.
“We’re all going to die. We don’t get much say over how or when, but we do get to decide how we’re gonna live. So, do it. Decide. Is this…
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Write a happy story in 3 words.
after work hugs many happy homes growing like weeds knee high grass when ends meet more than enough so much cake (kb) happy, healthy family (lv) blessed, for sure He…
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and buy a farm instead
The fields and barns gave way to houses closer to the road, the boys hushed in the back seat, the road curved through this Sunday drive on a Friday afternoon kind of…
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every drop of salt water
God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at the break of day.” Psalm 46:5 We’re getting good at tossing clothes in a bag and escaping…
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dreaming of…
more time with the boys, days that don’t last so long, a house that smells of fresh bread and cookies and a box full of favorite recipes, a cleaning routine that…
