As I move through my daily life I am at times torn by the knowledge of my mortality. My heart aches at the knowing that I am caught in the frailty of time. I know my future self would do anything to be back in even the most challenging of moments with my children, family,…
On one particular evening with a blue moon hanging in the sky going to work felt slightly risky. I am not generally superstitious, but it truly seems as though a full moon leads to chaos amongst our patient populations. At the beginning of my shift I noticed a bowl filled with small apples sitting on…
The days are covered in frost. The sky is mixed with hues of blues and whites. I sit in the passenger seat. The truck is being driven by the sound mind and sturdy hands of my husband. Our children entertain themselves in the back. They are safe and well fed. I feel myself being held…
I started to take piano lessons somewhere around the time of Covid 19. Weekly I would go, when I could actually attend a lesson, to a ladies house to learn. Lessons were in the basement with large windows and a well lit view to the outside. In this place I found peace. Lessons became therapy…
Have you ever considered the comfort of the walls around you or the floor beneath your feet? Recently, I considered this as I turned off the light switch and walked down the dark hallway towards my bedroom. My hands slid against the wall as I felt my way along. My feet pressed against the floor…
The water rages. It moves and it turns tearing jagged edges of ground. It is unstoppable. I see it in my mind. I feel it coming in the tremors from under my feet. They call to me to be prepared. Be prepared for anything. The trees shall fall. I see them in my mind. Large…
The sky is vast. A sea of blue water stretches out above. Geese honk in its air. The golden leaves flutter. They are free in the wind. When I look at my cares I feel stunted. But, when I look at you Jesus I see endless possibility. When I think of you, all becomes found.…
I grew up on a normal street. A paved road in front of a double wide. A half circle drive way covered by rocks. Two large trees and a fence. A front door and some wooden steps. A sea of brown shag carpet under my feet. I had hope. To be like my mother. To…
When I entered the doors of the new hospital in our town I was struck in awe by the wide hallways and large windows. Light streamed in from all directions. Tall white walls loomed around me like that of a grande temple. The voice of the tour guide was muted in the front row of…
You are a complex creature, held together by a force that scientists have yet to discover. You are a small dot, on a large ball of molten rock, with a very thin crust that is wet. You are on earth, orbiting through space, 1000’s of km per hour in a helix pattern, at just the…
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