I’ve been writing a lot about broken relationships in the last few blog posts…so much so I think you all are sick of it. Enough of beating that dead horse, I think I hear you saying, Time to move on to new things. Time to write about Ivan. But my relationship with Ivan is still […]
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My fiance, Ivan, tells me I haven’t posted anything that’s been from me, from my heart, for a very long time. “It’s all been guest posts,” he said. “And even the post you wrote about CAM wasn’t really from you—it was what someone else said.” Write again, he tells me. Make it from you. Otherwise,
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Hello, good friends. My posts have been sparse lately, and it’s been a very long time since I’ve written anything, really, about me. This is partly because I’ve been busy, caught up in a swirling whirlwind of a life. So much has happened so fast, I’ve barely had time to process it all, let alone write
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In a bare, block-walled room I see them: young mothers. Their faces hang in that state of half-life between breath and desire, hungry. “Do you have any children?” I ask them. “How many?” “How old are they?” “What are their names so I can pray for them?” We are not allowed to ask what they
In the black of before-six this morning, I woke riveted by a thought. I grew up in a culture of gratitude. At home, at church, I always heard, “Thank you.” Thank you for what You’ve given us. Thank you for the abundance of clothes and food we have which so many people don’t. Thank you
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