I am watching it again. The world gone mad. Women and children targeted. I don’t know how to respond. I hesitate even as I write this, knowing that women and children in Syria have been under attack for much longer. But I come back to this: Suffering is suffering. Loss is loss. Death is death. … Continue reading I am watching it again
A prayer for the hurting Mumma
This prayer is for you, Mumma, as you sit in another specialist's room, hoping maybe this one will have the answer for your child. This prayer is for you, Mumma, as you try a new strategy, a new diet, a new treatment plan, in the hope that this will be the one that will succeed. This … Continue reading A prayer for the hurting Mumma
A prayer for a new season
As you finish this season a little tired, a little weary, a little over it all. As you look forward with anticipation and trepidation to the uncertainty ahead. As you take the rest you require, yet your own exhaustion surprises you. May you be gracious to yourself, As your mind flows with an avalanche of … Continue reading A prayer for a new season
a prayer for those in pain
As you take that deep breath, The one that fills your battered lungs with enough air for the tears to fall once more. As you scream out the "why's" and the "how's" and "how could you's" until you are hoarse. As you fall into the numb, disconnected, dreamlike state that passes for life. As you accept the flowers, and … Continue reading a prayer for those in pain
Immanuel – a prayer for Christmas
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”) May you be with us in the laughing chaotic unwrapping of gifts. May you be with us as we struggle to make ends meet. May you be with us in the joyous smiles on children's … Continue reading Immanuel – a prayer for Christmas